Partly Facetious: one protest movement relegated to the sidelines

"And now the investors are also out on the streets."
"Well one protest movement has been relegated to the sidelines courtesy AZ."
"I disagree - it isn't AZ who sidelined it but..."
"Don't tell me that! Didn't AZ tell the Jiyala lawyers not to participate in the lawyers' movement?"
"Some of whom defied the ban and did participate."
"Right but then many more didn't."
"Correct but I don't think AZ is the one who took the unanimity out of the lawyers' movement."
"He started the process..."
"I agree but I do think it's Aitzaz, in spite of his principled stand, who by taking a dictatorial decision..."
"I recall: to have the dharna or not to have a dharna after the long march."
"Precisely so by taking a decision unilaterally Aitzaz is the man responsible for the fizzling out of the lawyers' movement."
"Can he redeem the movement?"
"I don't think so, unless he resigns and holds fresh elections."
"He won't opt for that."
"Yep probably taking the same stance as Musharraf, I got elected for a number of months and I am going to stay."
"Musharraf's elections and Aitzaz's were different."
"Agreed but the result is the same. Anyway everyone seems to be out on the streets in protest at government policies, the investors, the civil society, the people, the industrialists, the farmers."
"Don't forget the terrorists."
"Ah yes and no strategy in sight."
"The strategy which allows AZ to accompany the Prime Minister wherever he goes continues."
"AZ has to stop doing that! He has no status officially and must stay home. He can instruct Gilani but for an unelected man to represent us in international forums is not appropriate."
"Who is to tell him anything? The only one who could and did is no more."