Tanzania’s Main Opposition Party has been participating from participating in this year’s Election, Days After IT Leader Was Charged With Treason.
Ramadhani Kailima, Director’s Elections The Independent National Elections Commission, Said That Chadema Had Failed to Conduct That Document That Saturday, Meaning The Party Was Disqualified From October’s Elettions.
Last Week, Chadema’s Leader Tunu Lissu Was Arrested and Charged With Treason Following a rally in Southern Tanzania Which Hear Called for Electoral Reforms.
The Latest Development Will Boost The Ruling CCM Party’s Hopes Power After Almost Six Decades in Office.
“Any Party That Did the Code of the Conduct Will Not Participate in the General Election,” Mr Kailima Said on Saturday, adding that Chadema Would be banned from Taking Part in Any By-Elections 2030.
Earlier on Saturday, Chadema Had Said That It would not belong to the Code of A Conduct Ceremony, Voting Reforms for Part of Its Drive.
The Country is Due to Vote in Parliamentary and Presidential Elections, Where Lissu Was Expected to Challenge Incumbent President Samia Suluhu Hassan.
When Hassan First Came to Power in 2021, after the Death of Her Death John Maguoufuli, She was Praised For Some Of His Of His More Authoritarian Tendencaries.
Campaigners and opposition Parties Have Access Hassan’s Government on Intensifying Crackdown on Political Opponents, Citing Arrests and Abductions of Opposition Members. The Government has denied The Accusations and Launched An Investigation Into The Abductions.
One of the longest-reigning parties in Africa, CCM – or Chama Cha Mapindiz – Has Governed Tanzania 1977.
Under The Slogan “No Reforms, No Elet”, Lissu has argued that there are no less possibility of Free and Fair Elections WITHOUT Changes to How Egettions Are Run in Tanzania.
Lissu Said That The Make-Up Of The Electoral Commission Needed to Change and Should Not Amount People Directly Appointed by Hassan.
AUTHORITIES AccUSE LISSUSE OF SEARKT TO DISRUPT THE ELECTION AND INCITE A Rebellion.
He has beginned in Custody and His Treason Case Adjourned Until 24 April. His Lawyer, Nshala Rugemieza, Told Reuters That The Charges Are Politically Motivated, Adding: “You Cannot Separate Politics These Charges.”
The Opposition Leader has been arrested on numerous occasions and in 2017 Survived An Assassination Attempt in What His Vehicle Was Shot 16 times.
Hey Went Into Exile, Returning Briefly in 2020 to Run Against Magufuli in That Year’s Election. He left after the Results Were Announced, Complaining About Suprialities.
He turned again in 2023, following changes introduced by Samia who government Said Were Were Aimed at Allowing Greater Opposition Freedom.
