Saturday, January 19, 2013

IEBC shocker for political parties

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission has warned it will not accept results from parties whose primaries were not finalised on deadline day.
IEBC communications manager Tabitha Mutemi said any party conducting primaries past Friday's midnight deadline was violating the law.
“The Commission therefore wishes to notify members of the political parties that party nominations ended midnight last night and any nominations on-going are illegal and against the Elections Act,” Ms Mutemi said in a statement Saturday.
She said police had been notified and are on high alert to investigate those violating the law.
“The IEBC election officials are also on the ground and monitoring any electoral malpractices,” Ms Mutemi said.
According to section 13 of the Elections Act, political parties were expected to nominate their candidates for an election at least 45 days before the General Election slated for March 4.
“Subsequently, any person who has not been nominated following party primaries as at midnight last night is disqualified and cannot move to another party for a nomination certificate,” the IEBC official warned.
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