Hamza Abbasi tells why presidential system was required

[Kambojaric]

From which angle is a democratic presidential system any different from british origin prime minister system. From where does the notion of "dictatorship" comes in this discussion. It feels like you are equating presidential system with dictatorship. Do you really believe France, USA etc. which have presidential systems are under dictatorships?

Some of Pakistan's most famous Presidents have been Yahya Khan, Zia-ul-Haq, Musharraf and the list is longer. Now you tell me in the Pakistani context whether the two really are so alien from each other. Yes on a purely theoretical basis a "democratic presidential system" should not have anything to do with dictatorship, but we are talking about Pakistan here. Imran Khans intentions may be good but he will not last for ever. Pakistan will carry on and a Presidential system always runs the risk of one utterly incompetent individual going for a power grab. Can Pakistan really afford that?

 

[Crusher]

Some of Pakistan's most famous Presidents have been Yahya Khan, Zia-ul-Haq, Musharraf and the list is longer. Now you tell me in the Pakistani context whether the two really are so alien from each other. Yes on a purely theoretical basis a "democratic presidential system" should not have anything to do with dictatorship, but we are talking about Pakistan here. Imran Khans intentions may be good but he will not last for ever. Pakistan will carry on and a Presidential system always runs the risk of one utterly incompetent individual going for a power grab. Can Pakistan really afford that?

Who gives a damn about yahya, ayub, zia or mushi badmash, they were all military dictators, what title they chose for themselves as rulers has no meaning whatsoever as they were called military rulers during their tenure by the general public, general public of pakistan is not fool to consider these military generals as "presidents", it is only the highly educated and self-imposed "civilized" type of journalists who call them presidents in pakistani media.

Pakistan never had any kind of non-military backed presidential system ever in its history and Hamza abbasi also pointed to this fact. There is nothing sacred about crappy british prime minister system that pakistan is having at this moment, it is by no means our indigenous system at all, just the kalay angraiz in pakistani establishment consider it "best" for pakistan, the general public doesn't give any damn about it. If pakistani establishment changes the system to democratic presidential system I can guarantee you there will not be any resistance from general public what so ever, the resistance will only come from kalay angraiz type of people in military, judiciary, bureaucracy and political class who have vested interests to remain attached to that little crappy england and its systems because they have their flats/apartments in london or have relatives settled there.