Displaying faith in the democratically elected government of Pakistan, the US has rejected suggestions that the ouster of former President and key US ally Pervez Musharraf will lead to a power vacuum in the country. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said the situation in Pakistan is “fragile”, but the government is democratically elected and will continue to receive US assistance.“. obviously, it’s a fragile situation in Pakistan because it’s a new civilian government for the first time in a long time in Pakistan, but it is an elected government. I think it has fabulous support. And that’s a lot to build on,” Rice said. She was asked if the power vacuum following Musharraf’s resignation means a slow descent into chaos in Pakistan. Asked if she believed there was no “real” leadership in Pakistan at the moment, Rice said, “I don’t subscribe to the notion that there’s no leadership in Pakistan. There’s a democratically elected PM. There’s a government that came into being as a coalition and it’s had its difficulties internally”
