The 14-member select committee must act with speed and ensure their findings after 30 days, are representative of all the voices. The parliamentary select committee must not just recommend cosmetic changes. The MPs owe it to the country that the talks don’t deviate from their mutually desired goal of reforming the IEBC. At all times, the talks should not be guided by political expediency or political grandstanding. There is a general consensus that as constituted, the commission cannot be trusted to conduct credible elections in 2017.

Source: Standard Digital July 07, 2016 17:22 UTC