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Um Sayala wrote:Kusadikika wrote:Um Sayala wrote:Im tempted to think differently. Most of you want Raila to drop the court case not because of anything else but coz YOU are scared of the outcome.
There is fear that IF the court rules on his favour, it might not be so good for you.
I am encauraing the PM to go to court, not bcoz I am his supporter, but coz of one thing.
LET THE RULE OF LAW BE ENTRENCHED IN THIS COUNTRY
If you are agrieved and you dont agree with me on something, the best is to go to a neutral body for solution.
So I want him to go to court, whatever it decides, i will respect it. And hope he will too The issue here is what are the possible outcomes of the court case? What would Raila consider a favourable outcome and where would that lead him? Let us assume that the court agrees that there were irregularities with the tallying and orders a recount. It is then found that Raila had 200,000 more votes than were reported and Uhuru had 200,000 less which brings the final figures to 49.2*% Uhuru to Railas 45.5*%. Would the courts then order a runoff or would they then nullify the whole process and start afresh? Assuming they order a runoff does Raila believe he can win it? If they order a new election (assuming the country can afford it) does Raila believe he can win it? I cannot see any favourable outcome for Raila and that is why I think he will drop it. Not because he does not feel cheated but because as things stand he cannot make his situation better by going to court whatever the merits of his case may be. Now tell me, would you be contented and happy as a voter to know that your president elect was elected fraudulently, even by 10 votes(let alone the 200k u are giving). That is the more reason why he should go to court. And BTW do you think Dda,Karua,PK and Key ya pee believed they'd win this election?,No but they still went into it.So let Raila go ahead whether he believes he will win or not. For the law to take its cause It is not about being contented and happy. There are many things we are not contented and happy about that we learn to live with because the alternative is just too expensive or unreachable. I would be curious to find out even from the die hard CORD supporters in Wazua; If you came to know for a fact right now that the actual figure by IEBC was off by 200,000 in favor of Uhuru so that you know Uhuru got 5.9 million votes and Raila got 5.5 million votes, would you from this point after the Uhuru has been announced winner and and people are beginning to get used to it, would you want to disrupt that and go back to another electioneering period for another month?? I really would like to know which sentiment would prevail, living with a president you know to have got more votes but did not necessarily win outright or risking it in another election so that we are left with no doubt, knowing that though your candidate will get another chance you are not certain he will win. Would you go for it?
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