European Union Observer Mission Mounts Pressure on NASA, Jubilee to Drop Demands on IEBC
The European Union electoral observation mission (EU EOM) has warned the two leading political factions, Jubilee and National Super Alliance that their various push for electoral reforms could hinder Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission ability to conduct a free and fair repeat presidential election.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, the observers called on the two camps to drop the demands and embrace talks in order to solve the impasse surrounding the fresh poll.
The EU mission castigated Jubilee’s move to make amendments on election as well as Nasa’s push for removal of Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) officials and other demands, saying that they risk incapacitating the electoral commission.
“Undue demands that cannot be met by IEBC, place an extra ordinary burden on the institution and escalate tension,” EU EOM said in a statement signed by mission head Marietje Schaake. “Undue demands that cannot be met by IEBC, place an extra ordinary burden on the institution and escalate tension.”
The observers urged the two parties to focus on what is urgent and issues that can realistically be achieved ahead of the repeat election.
“If passed, the changes would likely be subject to legal challenge, including on constitutional grounds, resulting in further uncertainty in the electoral process,".
"Changes to the electoral law would also hinder the on-going work of the IEBC in preparing elections in an already limited time frame.” The mission, which was monitored the August 8 General Election said.
It added that political leaders have a duty to respect the law and constitution by ensuring that people’s rights are honored.
“The EU EOM, therefore, suggests that, for the sake of consistency with recognized good practice and for the smooth running of the current electoral process, the proposed legal reforms be tabled after this month’s repeat poll,” said the mission.
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Just Europeans passing a…
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Just Europeans passing a message after talking amongst themselves. You see, they don't want any more refugees in their countries. They are already dealing with enough chaos after a failed attempt to bring about democracy in Syria. No more, they want to be more proactive.
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I agree with the EU EOM stand on the issue. It's not normal for electoral reforms to be undertaken in middle of a repeat election because they will send the wrong message and undermine democratic values. Similarly Ekuru Aukot should not be allowed to be in the ballot box because Raila Odinga intend to use him to file another petition to annual the election in case he lose to Uhuru and with Supreme Court conspirators headed by Chief Justice Magara at work who knows what their next game plan is. I suspect the goal of Raila is to depose President Uhuru Kenyatta Constitutionally. A third re-run will constitutionally force Uhuru to vacate his seat to the Speaker of the house Justin Muturi who would be easier to remove than Uhuru
This idiots should just shut…
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This idiots should just shut up.Uhuru deport them immediately for interfering with our democracy.If jubilee u don't pass those loopholes trust me the same wakora wanne judges will use it n yrvictiry will b nullified?Laws r made by parliament n this foreigners should stay away from our bizness?They r just talking to protects their interests in this country?Deport them bwana Uhuru n allow them back when elections r done??Otherwise watching them telling u guys like babies how they will cancel yr visas if u do this n that was street talk.Yaana Kwani Europe USA imekuwa heaven!Kweli black pple Wr stupid???
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We want to prevent these very risky and costly unnecessary reruns.That is why in my opinion the election amendments should be passed.So that the maraga 4 will not use the dumb excuse of "transmission/servers" to steal the election again.This time around, it should be okay to manually count the votes in the ballot boxes if necessary.The argument about international best practice does not apply in my opinion, because we are dealing with an activist supreme court bench that is really not very concerned about the peace and stability of the country(based on their repugnant/abhorrent irresponsible ruling).Therefore Jubilee should pass the amendments to make it clear that if the electronic systems fail to work perfectly.Then it should be okay to count the ballots/votes manually.
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