No place for interim government -Mark

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Senate President, David Mark, has added his voice to the list of oppositions to an Interim National Government in the country.

This was also as he assured that the May 29, 2015, deadline for the hand-over to a new democratically elected president must be respected.

Mark in a brief welcome address to the senators after resumption from a one month election break yesterday, expressed concern that the issue of interim government has been given undeserved prominence in the nation’s national discourse.

He restated that interim government was completely alien to the 1999 Constitution, noting that those who are pushing for ING are on a voyage of futility.

The Senate President said: “I am alarmed that the issue of Interim National Government, ING, has been given undeserved prominence in our national discourse. This is imprecise, sordid and strange. Interim National Government is alien to the 1999 Constitution (as Amended). Therefore, those calling for ING are pushing for an exercise in futility. This Senate is committed to the provisions of our constitution, which we swore to protect and we will not do anything to sabotage the democratic process.”

Mark who decried the current political tension in the country cautioned that as statesmen and women, the senate must rise to the occasion and help reduce tension in the polity.

Justifying the essence of the short address, Mark remarked that, “Ordinarily, we would have commenced our legislative activities this morning without a welcome address. But, these are not ordinary times in our nation. There is palpable tension in the land and the comments and even the body language of the political class further exacerbates the tension.”