Kenya Opposition Delays Plan to Swear-In Leader as President
- Postponement follows pressure from U.S. State Department
- Attorney-general had warned ceremony would amount to treason
Supporters react in the crowd during a National Super Alliance (NASA) political rally in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Kenya’s main opposition alliance postponed indefinitely plans to swear-in its leader as president of a so-called People’s Assembly, after the government warned such a step would amount to treason.
A ceremony that was to be held in the port city of Mombasa Dec. 12 was called off after “extensive internal consultations and engagement with a wide range of national and international interlocutors,” the National Super Alliance said in an emailed statement Sunday. The U.S. State Department last week urged the opposition to call off the event.