Washington, July 20: The United States has said it expects Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf to live up to his election commitments as it is important that the country moves towards democracy. Responding to a querry by a reporter that whether the US has "actually asked Musharraf not to fiddle around with the Constitution," State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said, "I don't think that we have actually addressed it in that fashion".

"What we have said is that it is very important to carry through on election commitments, that the election in October that he plans on having is part of an overall process of movement towards democracy, and that overall process remains very important to us," he said.

"So we would expect to continue to see steps, including the elections, along that road," he added.
Musharraf has set general elections for October 10. Bureau Report