Tanzania’s main opposition party banned from standing in election

Tanzania’s major opposition parties have been banned from participating in this year’s election, and have been a few days since the leader was accused of rebellion.

Ramadhani Kailima, the president of the Independent National Elections Commission, is that Chadema has not signed a Code of action on Saturday, which means that the party was disqualified in the October elections. Said.

There was Tundu Lissu, the leader of Chadema last week. He was arrested and prosecuted as rebellion Following the rally in the southern Tanzania, they demanded election reform.

The latest development will increase the hope of the ccm party to maintain power after taking office for almost 60 years.

On Saturday, Prime Minister Kylima added, “The parties who have not signed the Code of Conduct will not participate in the general election.

At the beginning of Saturday, Chadema said he would not participate in the Code of Conduct as part of the voting reform.

The country will be voted in parliament and presidential elections, and LISSU is expected to challenge President Samia Suluhu Hassan.

When Hassan first caught power after his death in 2021, when she died, she was praised for overturning some of his authoritarian tendency.

The activists and opposition parties have since then accused the Hassan government’s enhanced crackdown on political opponents and cited the arrest and kidnapping of the opposition. The government refused to accuse and began to investigate the kidnapping.

One of Africa’s longest alignment party, CCM or Chama Cha Mapinduzi has dominated Tanzania since 1977.

LISSU insisted that there is no free and fair elections without changing how the elections are going on in Tanzania, according to the slogan “no reform, no election”.

LISSU said that the composition of the election committee required a change and should not include people appointed by Hassan.

Authorities accuse LISSU that they are interfering with the election and arousing rebellion.

He was withdrawn into custody and his rebellion was accessed until April 24. His lawyer, Rugemeleza NShala, added politically to Reuters, adding: “I can’t separate these charges from politics,” he added.

The opposition leader was arrested several times, and in 2017, his car was shot 16 and survived in an assassination attempt.

Then he entered the deportation and returned in 2020 and played in the match against Magufuli in the election. He left after the results were announced and complained about irregularities.

He returned in 2023 in 2023 after SAMIA, aimed at allowing her government to allow greater opposition freedom, was returned in 2023.