Pakistanis to decide judges & other issues themselves: US

13 May, 2008

The United States on Monday said the issues of Supreme Court judges' restoration and political arrangements are matters for Pakistanis to decide and reaffirmed its resolve to work with the government.
State Department Spokesman Sean McCormack said the Pakistanis themselves will have to address questions pertaining to their political system and was confident of working with the government for the South Asian country's development and in the fight against terrorism.
"I'll leave it to others to describe the details of one of the political parties and what they said they would and would not do. My understanding is that the government will continue to function at this point," McCormack told the daily press briefing.
He said issues including how the Pakistanis arrange themselves politically, who is on the coalition, who is not and the questions about judges are "all things for the Pakistanis to answer. "We neither want to, nor can answer these questions for the Pakistani political leaders and their political system - they are going to have to address it."

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