This is a press statement released by CORD yesterday, where they among others things demanded that the IEBC stops airing TV commercials urging Kenyans to accept election results.
CORD PRESS STATEMENT
We would like to draw the country’s attention to the following:
1. IEBC is currently running advertisements on media asking Kenyans to
accept the results of the elections held last week. We would like to
reiterate that the right to petition an election result is
constitutionally guaranteed. IEBC as the institution whose deficiencies
are subject of such challenges cannot therefore purport to ask the
public to accept the election results as that is tantamount to violation
of the democratic rights. We demand that the IEBC stop these
advertisements forthwith.
2. As CORD prepares to file the
petition against the presidential results, our candidate has made
concrete assurances to the public that he will respect and uphold the
decision of the Supreme Court on this matter. We hereby ask the Jubilee
Alliance to issue a similar assurance to Kenyans.
3. We are
concerned at attempts by sections of government to create the impression
that the election is over and done with. We would like to inform the
government, our supporters and Kenyans in general that the process of
filing a petition is part and parcel of the election process and urge
the government to respect this process and stop any provocative actions
that could undermine the process and prevailing peace in the country.
4. Note that the Coalition government is still in place until the next
President is sworn in, which will be clear when the petition to be filed
within the constitutional timeline has been determined by the Supreme
Court. For
