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Kenya: Deputy President William Ruto pleads not guilty to ICC charges
Anger over the charges culminated last week in a vote in parliament calling for Kenya to withdraw from the international court’s jurisdiction. Kenya threatened to suspend cooperation with the ICC if the president and his deputy were summoned simultaneously, leaving no head of state in residence.
Judges insisted the cases would alternate at one-month intervals. Even if Kenya does quit the court, trials already under way will continue.
According to Ruto’s lawyer, Karim Khan, the accusations were designed to distract attention from a fundamentally weak prosecution case.
“This case will fall apart in the end. But it will fall apart because of lack of evidence because of the deficient investigations conducted, and not for any other reason.”
Source: Reuters
