Federal Parliamentary Affairs Minister Dr Sher Afgan Niazi said on Wednesday that National Assembly Opposition Leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman was supporting the government because he was hoping to become the next prime minister. Speaking in Geo television’s program “Capital Talk”, Afgan said that the PPP and Maulana Fazlur Rehman were showing a soft spot for the government, adding that Rehman had showed that he had no connection with the All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM). He claimed that President Pervez Musharraf would be re-elected from the sitting assemblies with 60 percent of the votes. He said the nomination of candidates by the PPP and the lawyers had legitimised the electoral college. “Nomination of presidential candidates by the PPP and lawyers has verified that the National Assembly can elect a president twice,” he added. Afgan also said that a situation similar to 2002 had emerged, where the presidential candidate backed by the ruling coalition would win comfortably, APP adds.