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General Pervez Musharraf has no plans to relinquish the presidency in elections next year. He plans to become a neutral "figurehead" to his people.
"I myself will remain the president, and that is for sure, beyond 2002," he said on Sunday on NBC's 'Meet the Press.'
Musharraf, however, said he would not participate in elections. "I would rather like to remain in my position as implementing something for the good of the country. I'll be a neutral figurehead."
Opposition parties fear that Musharraf will rewrite the country's constitution before the elections to broaden the president's powers.
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