CORD DEMONSTRATION TO BRING IMPACT TO VARIOUS LEADERS

Anti-IEBC protest to be cancelled.

By David Muli.

Pressure has been mounted by Western diplomats and key religious leaders have brought to bear on CORD resulting in its cancellation of demonstrations that had been planned to resume this morning.

Machakos Senator Johnstone Muthama, who is the CORD management committee co-chairman, announced yesterday the demos had been put on hold but warned the action could resume on Thursday if Jubilee does not agree to push on the demands on how dialogue over the electoral commission reforms should be conducted.

CORD also indicated that the cancellation of demonstrations came after sustained push by American ambassador Robert Godec, British High Commissioner Nic Hailey and mainstream religious leaders on the Opposition to shun street protests and give the dialogue offer by the Jubilee side a chance.