Stephen Tall

Clegg on Bhutto’s assassination: “This is a dark day”

By | Thu 27th December 2007 - 4:30 pm

Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has issued his response to the shock assassination of Pakistan’s former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto:

“This is a dark day for everyone who believed in a stable and democratic future for Pakistan.

“Benazir Bhutto was a courageous politician known throughout the world, not just Pakistan, for her forthright and sometimes controversial views.

“Her tragic death is a hammer blow against the dream of pluralism and tolerance in modern day Pakistan.

“In the light of her brutal assassination, the need for the full restoration of democracy in Pakistan in now paramount.”

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3 Comments

  • Rabi Martins 29th Dec '07 - 10:47am

    Geoff

    Sadly the biggest pile of nuclear weapons are already in the wrong hands – the greatest war monger of our time – George Bush’s America

    I agree with Nick Clegg that Pakistan has lost a great leader in Benazir Bhutto. And that the quest for a Democratic government in Pakistan has been dealt a severe blow

    We must not forget that Pakistan’s geographic position is the reason that the US and Britain have an interest in what happens there.

    I fear that so long as Pakistan is run by a dictator it will suit America. A democratic government may not be quite as willing as an individual to dance to George Bush’s tune

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