Why IEBC wants Parliament dissolved in December

By Standard Reporter

It is now more likely that MPs will not serve their full term after the electoral commission said it

IEBC chairman Issack Hassan and fellow commissioner Lilian Bokeeye (centre) hand over the commission’s report on electoral boundaries to Njoroge Baiya, acting chairman of the Justice and Legal Affairs committee at County Hall, Nairobi Thursday. [PHOTO:AGNES RUBE/STANDARD]

would ask President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga to dissolve the National Accord in October by mutual consent.

The two principals have in the recent past indicated that they favour elections in December this year.

Ending the agreement as provided for under the National Accord and Reconciliation Act would mean the Grand Coalition Government and the Tenth Parliament is automatically dissolved, and would trigger a General Election this December, 60 days after the move.

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC)  chairman, Mr Isaack Hassan said he would send letters to the two principals, asking them to end the uncertainty over the date of the polls by ending the arrangement that forced them to share executive power following the 2008 post-election violence.