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Article: Musharraf sweeps election as opposition boycotts it: ; Pakistan Supreme Court to rule on his victory
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- Sunday Gazette-Mail
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- October 7, 2007
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Gen. Pervez Musharraf won an overwhelming
majority in a presidential election boycotted by nearly the entire
opposition Saturday, and attention shifted to Supreme Court
deliberations on whether he can claim victory.
Opposition parties that snubbed the vote claimed it was
undemocratic and unconstitutional for the U.S.-backed general, who
seized power in a 1999 coup, to run while still army chief.
The Supreme Court is weighing that argument before permitting the
release of official results, though analysts question whether it
would dare deny him victory and potentially throw the country into
chaos.
In total, Musharraf won 671 votes, while the retired judge who
was his ...