Quote Originally Posted by texas grass
her son the 19 yr old is taking over in office, and that means he can be party ruler for the rest of his life, thats not democracy
Texas Grass, I think you're confusing leadership of the Pakistan People's Party with the political office she was aiming for and which her son may aim for in time: Prime Minister or elected president or, until there's reform, co-president (which was what she was campaigning for). The current president of Pakistan, Musharaff, took over his office in a coup. But the PPP wants free democratic elections.

Her son Bilawal Zardari will be the lifelong chair of the PPP, not the country of Pakistan itself. That's the same thing as if a lifelong Republican National Committee or Republican Party chairman were appointed here, not a perpetual president.