Identifier
Created
Classification
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06ISLAMABAD17257
2006-08-30 13:10:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Islamabad
Cable title:
NO CONFIDENCE VOTE ON PM AZIZ FAILS
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ISLAMABAD 017257
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/30/2016
TAGS: PGOV PREL PTER PK
SUBJECT: NO CONFIDENCE VOTE ON PM AZIZ FAILS
REF: ISLAMABAD 17014
Classified By: Charge d'Affaires Peter W. Bodde, Reason 1.4 (b) and (d
).
C O N F I D E N T I A L ISLAMABAD 017257
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/30/2016
TAGS: PGOV PREL PTER PK
SUBJECT: NO CONFIDENCE VOTE ON PM AZIZ FAILS
REF: ISLAMABAD 17014
Classified By: Charge d'Affaires Peter W. Bodde, Reason 1.4 (b) and (d
).
1. (C) Summary: The government easily defeated an August
29 no-confidence vote against Prime Minster Shaukat Aziz.
Opposition leaders admitted they tabled the motion knowing it
could not pass, but said the vote was intended to stake out a
position against the government as an opening move in the
campaign for late 2007 elections. End summary.
2. (SBU) On August 29, the National Assembly rejected a no
confidence vote against Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. The
opposition's 17-page charge sheet (and 500 pages of
self-described "evidence") accused the PM of corruption or
incompetence in many of the government's decisions of the
past two years. The measure received only 136 votes of the
172 required. Since the opposition fell short, there was no
need for government supporters to cast their votes.
3. (SBU) The case had been brought before the Assembly on
August 23, but the August 27th death of Baloch tribal leader
Nawab Bugti, not the specifics of the original motion,
ultimately dominated the debate preceding the no confidence
vote, not the specifics of the original motion (Septel).
4. (C) In separate conversations with Poloff the evening of
the 29th, Senator Mian Raza Rabbani, the Senate's leader of
the opposition and Deputy Secretary of the Pakistan People's
Party (PPP),and Ashen Iqbal, Central Information Secretary of
the Nawaz Sharif faction of the Pakistan Muslim League
(PML-N),argued that the no confidence measure -- tabled in
the certainty that it would not pass -- was a necessary
action to stake out a position against the Musharraf
government. Ashen Iqbal added that the no confidence vote
was an opening move in the campaign for the late 2007
elections.
BODDE
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/30/2016
TAGS: PGOV PREL PTER PK
SUBJECT: NO CONFIDENCE VOTE ON PM AZIZ FAILS
REF: ISLAMABAD 17014
Classified By: Charge d'Affaires Peter W. Bodde, Reason 1.4 (b) and (d
).
1. (C) Summary: The government easily defeated an August
29 no-confidence vote against Prime Minster Shaukat Aziz.
Opposition leaders admitted they tabled the motion knowing it
could not pass, but said the vote was intended to stake out a
position against the government as an opening move in the
campaign for late 2007 elections. End summary.
2. (SBU) On August 29, the National Assembly rejected a no
confidence vote against Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. The
opposition's 17-page charge sheet (and 500 pages of
self-described "evidence") accused the PM of corruption or
incompetence in many of the government's decisions of the
past two years. The measure received only 136 votes of the
172 required. Since the opposition fell short, there was no
need for government supporters to cast their votes.
3. (SBU) The case had been brought before the Assembly on
August 23, but the August 27th death of Baloch tribal leader
Nawab Bugti, not the specifics of the original motion,
ultimately dominated the debate preceding the no confidence
vote, not the specifics of the original motion (Septel).
4. (C) In separate conversations with Poloff the evening of
the 29th, Senator Mian Raza Rabbani, the Senate's leader of
the opposition and Deputy Secretary of the Pakistan People's
Party (PPP),and Ashen Iqbal, Central Information Secretary of
the Nawaz Sharif faction of the Pakistan Muslim League
(PML-N),argued that the no confidence measure -- tabled in
the certainty that it would not pass -- was a necessary
action to stake out a position against the Musharraf
government. Ashen Iqbal added that the no confidence vote
was an opening move in the campaign for the late 2007
elections.
BODDE