{"id":7707,"date":"2020-05-13T19:40:57","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T19:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=7707"},"modified":"2020-05-13T19:40:57","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T19:40:57","slug":"odm-handshake-still-intact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/parties\/odm-handshake-still-intact","title":{"rendered":"ODM: Handshake still intact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has said the post-election coalition pact between Kanu and Jubilee Party will not affect its 2022 election preparations.<\/p>\n<p>Party chairman John Mbadi and Secretary General Edwin Sifuna assured supporters that the coalition that has torn Jubilee down the middle will not water down the Handshake between President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga.<\/p>\n<p>In separate interviews with\u00a0 africa-press, the two leaders revealed that the opposition party was also weighing options of entering into coalitions with other \u201clike-minded\u201d political parties, including Jubilee.\u201cThe relationship between the President Kenyatta and Raila is still intact. The two still have unaccomplished political agenda to pursue ahead of 2022 General Election,\u201d said Sifuna.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alliance building<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mbadi and Sifuna said they had not yet entered into a formal agreement or signed a coalition pact with Jubilee Party as Kanu has done, but their alliance was still building.Sifuna said, \u201ccoalition governments are usually formed when no single political party has a clear majority and competing parties instead negotiate to work together.\u201dHe said ODM was keen on pushing for electoral reforms to guard against election malpractices.Mbadi said coalitions form before or after elections for the common goal of either party to win election or form a government or to constitute a working majority in Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cODM has a right as a political party to propagate its political ideology,\u201d he said.Sifuna said ODM was also pursuing a coalition with President\u2019s party, Kanu and other like-minded political peers.<\/p>\n<p>The two leaders spoke only a day after President Kenyatta chaired a meeting at State House Nairobi that saw key allies of Deputy President William Ruto removed from Senate leadership positions.Mbadi said the minority side in Parliament had nothing to do with the changes in Jubilee.\u201cLet the Jubilee cohorts who have been busy building walls instead of bridges sort out their own political tribulations,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Negotiations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut of course ODM will go into negotiations for coalitions with Raila Odinga as our presidential candidate. We have never picked a new one.\u201dSifuna said it was the prerogative of the party leader to guide them in new arrangement.<\/p>\n<p>Mbadi said they will only support government policies where they benefit the public and criticise where they are inconsistent with the will of the people.He asked Kenyans to brace for a formal Raila-Uhuru pact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya: The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has said the post-election coalition pact between Kanu and Jubilee Party will not affect its 2022 election preparations. 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