 However, on November 3, 2007 General Musharaff imposed a state of emergency despite opposition from Rice.In the aftermath of the defeat of Musharaff's own PML-Q in the election of February 18, 2008, Rice stated the US position saying that "How they arrange their coalition is really a Pakistani affair.The President of Pakistan is Pervez Musharraf ... And so, of course, we will deal with him.