Now that they have
blatantly manipulated the results, the main parties in Pakistan are
working towards the formation of a coalition government. This is what the
imperialist wanted all along. It is also what the right wing of the PPP wanted
as well. But the masses are waiting for concrete results, an end to their
misery. On this path we will see class polarisation within the PPP itself,
which will prepare the ground for the intervention of the Marxists.
We received this synopsis of major complaints received about
serious irregularities during Monday's election. It clearly shows that these
elections were neither fair nor democratic. The result was decided beforehand
and was designed to get the political scenario that imperialism requires to
govern Pakistan.
They can rig the result, but they cannot falsify the real misery that people in
Pakistan
have to suffer!
Comrade Erik de Bruyn, a well-known leader of the left wing of the Belgian Socialist Party, is in Karachi, Pakistan, as an official election observer. In this post on his blog, he gives us an eye-witness report on how reactionary parties like the MQM, with the consent of the state apparatus, rigged the elections in order to reduce the scope of the expected PPP victory. The candidates of the PPP Left have been particularly damaged by the rigging.