Embattled Jubilee vice chairman David Murathe has accused President William Ruto of setting up the Azimio and Kenya Kwanza bipartisan talks to fail.
According to Murathe, Ruto only agreed to the talks to quell the pressure that had come with the opposition's weekly protests.
He said by Ruto appointing legislators belonging to the Azimio side who have pledged allegiance to him to negotiate from the Kenya Kwanza side, it was a deliberate attempt to upset the process.
The former Gatanga MP insisted that Ruto and his people had no good intentions from the onset when they proposed to have the talks.
He affirmed that the protests return on May 2, as had been announced by the Azimio side.
"The talks were never meant to succeed. Appointing a Jubilee or Azimio member to be part of the Kenya Kwanza team in negotiations was actually to spite the entire process," Murathe said.
"These guys had no good faith. They never intended to do it... they were looking for an excuse to reduce the steam from Maandamano and I want to assure them that next week May 2, we'll be there."
The Jubilee vice chair noted that the reason the Opposition wants the talks held outside Parliament is to have more players involved, including civil society and subject the process to public participation.
On Tuesday, President Ruto and Raila's troops in the talks had a sharp disagreement, which led to the halting of the process indefinitely.
The two sides were unable to strike a deal on the inclusion of Eldas MP Adan Keynan and his Pokot South counterpart David Pkosing to the panel.
This was the second time in two weeks the committee failed to address the issue of membership.
The team, however, agreed on having a joint secretariat, Azimio fronted lawyer Paul Mwangi while Kenya Kwanza is to consult and submit a name.
