Aitezaz's continuing insistence that the PPP is his party and he can never leave it, adds fuel to the fire. When he arrived at Lahore Airport with the CJ on January 24, 2009, he was hounded by lawyers and political activists chanting: "Bibi kis nay maaree hai? Zardari hai! Zardari hai!"
That slogan, even if of dubious credentials, was yet another beckoning call made previously, that Aitezaz's current role of leadership demands he completely distance himself from his party of many decades.
Aitezaz has it tough. At best, people give him the benefit of the doubt by saying he has been 'misunderstood'. After being the leading face of the lawyers movement since March 2007, the bad taste of the long march in the summer of 2008 was attributed toward him. That the successful long march failed to achieve the result of restoring the judges was a big let down. Aitezaz chiding the crowd for wanting the 'dharna' added insult to injury.
It remains to be seen how the next month's long march turns out, but Aitezaz, though still trusted by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhary, no longer commands the trust as the unquestioned leader.
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