DP Gachagua wants audit of 2022 presidential election dropped from bipartisan talks
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Gachagua says the audit of the 2022 presidential election should be foregone as an agenda in the bipartisan talks
Gachagua says the audit of the 2022 presidential election should be foregone as an agenda in the bipartisan talks.
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has restated his reservation on the Bi-partisan talks bringing together representatives from both the government and opposition.
Speaking on Sunday, September 10, during a church service in Laare, Meru County, Gachagua sustained his dissent from the engagements saying the agenda being advanced by the opposition has a sinister motive.
According to DP Gachagua, the agenda is only being pushed by the opposition to stall the achievement of a tangible agreement in the talks since the review is impractical.
He said the talks would not yield anything to the advantage of Kenyans but for a few people who he implied are selfish.
Gachagua pointed out the demand by the opposition to have an electoral audit with respect to the last year’s presidential vote.
The deputy president said the matter was conclusively settled by the Supreme Court in the petition filed by ODM leader Raila Odinga to challenge President William Ruto’s win.
“Your Excellency you know I and many people, your supporters, were against these talks with Azimio people but we agreed because you decided we talk. But we don’t agree with the agenda therein. How will they audit the 2022 election? They don’t have the capacity and there’s no provision for that,” said Gachagua.
He stated that the opposition was aiming at a power-sharing deal with the government behind the guise of the bi-partisan talks.
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Gachagua observed that by entertaining the supposed antics from the opposition, the government was abetting bad habits.
“A decision was made by the Supreme Court and you were sworn in as president. We don’t agree with that and would want to ask the agenda be dropped…We are encouraging bad habits paying attention to them,” he said.
The second in command further noted that he will be ready to contest the discussion of the agenda since it is a bootless errand, advising the opposition to shift their focus to the next electoral cycle.
“We cannot allow an agenda to audit the General Election. We chose you and you won and if anybody has a doubt it is not these people (congregation),” he said.
“If they want a discussion about elections the discussion is 2027 we can have that discussion and that will be at the ballot.”
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