And Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi has accused some backbench MPs of shifting goalposts on matters relating to justice over the violence.
Mr Macaire supported a threat to withhold money meant for the TJRC issued by the European Union last week for similar reasons.
The envoy said the TJRC couldnt be turned into a substitute for criminal justice adding suspects who were involved in the violence must be brought to justice in courts of law.
“It is important for Kenya to find a way of holding people to account for post-election violence and that responsibility lies with the Government and Parliament.”
Threats by EU
Macaire then repeated EUs threat of last week: “If TJRC will be used as a substitute for justice, it will affect our funding for the Truth commission.”
About two weeks ago, Cabinet statements by President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga spewed confusion over the Governments ability to establish a local special tribunal through Parliament to try suspects.
The Cabinet resolved to reform the Judiciary and police to handle such trials and also support the International Criminal Court if it indicted some Kenyans.
It also resolved to revise the Truth Justice and Reconciliation Act to expand the Truth commissions mandate and make it more inclusive, recommendations interpreted by critics to prove the Government wants to use TJRC to try suspects rather than explore the tribunal and ICC options.
Imenti Central MP Gitobu Imanyara has said he would table a new Motion to Parliament to establish such a court in Kenya.
On Monday, Mudavadi said MPs engaged in Imanyaras initiative rejected all proposals for such a court.
The Standard
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