Renuncia Musharraf

Musharraf dijo que tras considerar todos los aspectos del problema había decidido renunciar.

Musharraf resigns

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, who is facing impeachment by parliament, has announced his resignation. Mr Musharraf seized power in a coup almost nine years ago.

Charles Haviland reports from Islamabad:

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Looking calm the embattled president went on national television and announced that, after consulting his allies and advisors, he had decided to resign. Mr Musharraf said his appeals for reconciliation with his opponents had fallen on deaf ears. He said the impeachment process he had been facing would have plunged the country into uncertainty.

The former general may now have relinquished the political power he clung onto for so long but the tone of his speech was anything but contrite. He said he had believed it was his destiny to save Pakistan, helped by God, and that he had prevented it from being declared a terrorist state.

In a clear reference to the leaders of the big political parties who've opposed him so implacably, Mr Musharraf said there were some elements who considered themselves more important than Pakistan and who were trying to betray the country. He said their allegations against him were false and went into elaborate detail about what he said were the social, economic and infrastructural improvements made during his rule.

Charles Haviland, BBC News, Islamabad

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embattled
asediado o acuciado por problemas

appeals for reconciliation
llamados a la reconciliación (con sus opositores)

fallen on deaf ears
cayeron en oídos sordos

impeachment
un proceso de destitución (en contra de Musharraf)

relinquished
renunciado o cedido (su poder político)

clung onto
(al cual Musharraf) se aferró (por tanto tiempo)

anything but contrite
(su discurso no sonaba) nada arrepentido

In a clear reference to
En una clara referencia a (los líderes de los principales partidos políticos )

implacably
inexorablemente o implacablemente

went into elaborate detail
entró en mucho detalle (sobre...)

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