Cord has suspended its anti-IEBC protests till June 5 to 'mourn victims of police brutality'.
Speaking from Raila Odinga's private office in Upper Hill, the Cord leaders who also included Kalonzo Musyoka and Moses Wetangula said that the suspension is also meant to give dialogue a chance.
Four people were shot dead in Siaya County on Monday during the anti-IEBC protest after the demo turned violent.
"We want to give dialogue and peace a chance. We have been listening to the calls of both local and international stakeholders and for that reason we are willing to suspend our next Monday's demos," said Raila.
The Cord leaders said that they hope to get to a roundtable with their Jubilee counterparts to try and find an amicable solution to the IEBC quagmire. On Monday, Raila promised fireworks in the capital next week.
"The struggle is on. Things will be fiery next week on Monday when we will have the mother of all protests. If Uhuru and his cohorts think they can intimidate us by using the police, then they should brace for a fight with all Kenyans which they can't win," Raila said.
President Kenyatta has maintained that there will be no dialogue over the removal of IEBC commissioners maintaining that the laid down constitutional procedure must be followed.
Immediately demos in some parts of the country turned chaotic and fatal, police banned all anti-IEBC protests. Protesters would have risked arrests if they defied this warning and proceeded with the demos as Interior PS Karanja Kibicho had warned.
In their statement on Thursday last week, one of the reasons Cord gave for suspending next Monday's protests is to mourn the protesters who lost lives this week.