B.Timer wrote:Shotgun wrote:Someone please educate me:
Supposing in a free and fair and democratic elections the citizens of Kenya elect UhuRuto who in turn promise to fully cooperate with the ICC process and then apply to the same court for flexible schedules to attend court due to their new roles.
Will we still be subject to sanctions?
If yes,
Who exactly will be issuing those sanctions?
For what reasons will they be issuing the sanctions?
In such a situation, there would be no sanctions.
But then you have to quit Utopia pronto, for that is not practical!
Once you appear before a Court you are subject to the schedule of the Court and not your Business/Political/family, etc conveniences.
The Court can even find that you dont deserve bail and have you put under confinement.
Thanks B.Timer.
FYI, mine was not utopia but conjecture. For the sake of the points you raise...
Supposing the court doesn't even give them a favourable schedule, but they win fairly and cooperate fully.
Will we still see sanctions?
I reckon the issue of how they run the government from the Hague now becomes valid.
Does the Kenyan Constitution/any other Kenyan Law even contemplate such a situation?
What does the law of impeachment provide?
IMO, such a situation will be handled politically. The party with the majority in both Houses will decide whether the two will govern us from the Hague or not.