Pervez Musharraf's seizure of power yesterday did not extend as far as feared, but instead falls in a legal gray area. The assemblies continue to operate and the status of press freedom remains unchanged, according to the Guardian's Ali Eteraz. However, Musharraf appears to have taken a page from Shakespeare's Richard III, and rounded up all the lawyers: Traditionally, a PCO [Provisional Constitutional Order] is an order which suspends the constitution and dissolves all fundamental rights as well as legislation and judiciary, installing martial law. Except that Musharraf's PCO only dissolves the judiciary (for overstepping its limits and interfering with the war on terror) while leaving the Assembly intact.
UPDATE: The elections will be delayed after all, and some opposition party figures have been rounded up with the lawyers: Police detained hundreds of Pakistani opposition figures and lawyers on Sunday as military ruler President Pervez Musharraf tried to stifle the outcry
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A nuclear power spinning out of control next door to a wanna-be nuclear power that has already spun out of control even before acquiring them -- assuming it hasn't yet.
A pretty picture for our Sunday morning wake up call. Welcome to the continued drama of the
Tinfoil Apocalypse. How much longer we will continue I can't predict...
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