NASA leader Raila Odinga in a past press conference.He on Tuesday withdrew his candidature for the October 26 presidential polls.[Photo/Bloomberg]
Political analyst, Danston Omari, has termed NASA candidate Raila Odinga's move to pull out of the forthcoming presidential race as another political tactic aimed at outsmarting the rival Jubilee camp.
Speaking on NTV Tuesday, Omari said that Raila is a man full of surprises maintaining that the nation should not be surprised should he make a u-turn at the last minute.
''He has done this before after saying he would not move to court to challenge the August 8 election results only to turn around and file a petition and win at a time when Jubilee was almost staring to celebrate. The nation could be preparing to see a similar situation,'' said Omari.
He, however, said that NASA's move is likely to further raise political tension and economical hardships in the nation saying that Odinga's block is playing constitutional games that if not well observed and addressed, could lead to further postponement of the polls.
''NASA is banking on the Supreme Court ruling that directed that IEBC conducts a re-run of the August 8 annulled election and Raila was actually the petitioner, it raises constitutional questions on how IEBC can go ahead to conduct the polls in his absence. He is most likely trying to corner Jubilee into talks and have his irreducible minimums addressed,'' said Omari.