The U.S. Senate this morning passed a resolution by U.S. Senators Russ Feingold, D-WI, and John Sununu, R-NH, condemning the recent violence in Kenya and calling on both of Kenya’s leading presidential candidates to support a peaceful resolution to the crisis.
The resolution calls for an international audit of the 2007 election results. In the month since the elections took place, violence has claimed hundreds of Kenyan lives and displaced hundreds of thousands from their homes.
Feingold said today, “I am very pleased the Senate has acknowledged that the crisis in Kenya must be resolved peacefully, with the first step being internationally brokered negotiations. The U.S. Senate is also now on record in support of an independent and transparent review of the entire electoral process and its outcome. I hope President Bush joins us in calling on Kenya’s political leaders to refrain from igniting violence and remain engaged in the U.N.-led international effort to bring peace to a troubled nation.”
The full resolution is HERE.
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