Court: Kenya set for 2013 poll unless coalition dissolved
(Nation新聞より)
The date when Kenyans will vote in their next president is yet to be known after a court ruling on a case seeking interpretation of the first General Election under the new Constitution gave two options.
Judges Isaac Lenaola, David Majanja and Mumbi Ngugi, sitting as a Constitutional Court, delivered the landmark ruling Friday.
They ruled that the General Election can only be held in 2012 if President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga agree, in writing, to dissolve the Grand Coalition Government. This would be 60 days after the Principals agree to terminate the National Accord that holds the coalition parties, PNU and ODM, together.
The other option would see Kenya go to the polls in 2013 after the expiry of the Tenth Parliament. This would be 60 days after the House first sat on January 15, 2008.
The judges also ruled that the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) will be the body to determine the exact date.
The Constitution envisages that elections be held on the second Tuesday every fifth year, which translates to August 14, 2012.
The Chairman of the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution (CIC) Charles Nyachae welcomed the ruling saying that only the courts are mandated to interpret the contentious issue and not individuals.
However, Gichugu MP Martha Karua disagreed with the ruling.
The three-judge bench gave its judgment on two cases which were filed separately but were heard together because they all sought to have the court’s interpretation on the right date of the polls.
When the dispute over the date of the next General Election was argued before the three judges in December last year, parties in the petition proposed three different dates.
Whereas Attorney General Githu Muigai rooted for December, Kilome MP Harun Mwau proposed March 2013 while lawyer Mugambi Imanyara, Prof Lawrence Gumbe and Martin Gitonga submitted that the elections should be held in August 2012.The The Commission on the Implementation of the Commission (CIC) also supported the August date
The AG asked the judges to consider precedents from other jurisdictions in similar situations, maintaining that December was the most practical date.
The AG asked the judges to consider precedents from other jurisdictions in similar situations, maintaining that December was the most practical date.
He submitted that the court’s final decision should not be arbitrary but balanced to incorporate the views of bodies mandated to organise the next elections.
His position was supported by the IEBC which submitted that they require time to prepare and organise the elections, which cannot happen before December.
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ケニアの裁判所が、論争をよんでいる次回の大統領選の日程について判決を下した。
判決によると2つの可能性があるとのこと。
(1)キバキ大統領とオディンガ首相が連立政権を解消するという文書にサインをした60日後。この場合、2012年内に行なわれる
(2)2008年1月15日に現在の議会が組織されたのだが、その解散時期である5年後、すなわち2013年1月15日から数えて60日後。
上記の裁判所の判決に対して、他の時期を主張している人たちも多い。2012年8月を主張する政治家もいれば、2012年12月を唱える者、2013年3月だという人。裁判所の判決は尊重すべきという意見もあるが、この判決どおりになるのかどうか・・・
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