The Tanzanian Electoral Commission declared John Magufuli, a candidate for another five-year term, the winner of Friday night’s presidential election. But the opposition accuses the authorities of massive fraud. Several observers have also harshly criticized these oppressive choices.
The new president of Zanzibar, Hussein Ali Mwinyi, on the podium, said he was ready to work for reconciliation with the opposition. With 76% of the vote, a president of the semi-autonomous region with such a high score had never been elected, reports our correspondent in Nairobi,
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A hand reached out, but opponents absent. The most important opposition leaders ACT-Wazalendo in the archipelago was arrested. The party released photos showing some of the injured were beaten by police. Others are still missing.
Elsewhere in the country, the dominance of power is even more overwhelming. On Friday night, the Electoral Commission credited President Magufuli with 84.39% of the vote. “Commission says John Magufuli of CCM, who won the majority of the votes, wins the presidential election,” announced NEC President Semistocles Kaijage.
The assembly was to be almost monochromatic. According to the latest results published by the NEC, Magufuli CCM won in power without interruption since independence almost all the 264 seats in Parliament allocated during the legislative vote combined with the presidential election. multiparty is a one-party system that pretends to be a democracy, ”said researcher Nic Cheeseman.
On the observer’s side, two visions are opposed. The community of East African states spoke of a “normal vote”, a “professional organization” and a “credible process”. The organization Tanzania Election Watch condemned the “most important setback for democracy in Tanzania with a process far below standards for considering free vote as fair and transparent”.
But the opposition does not give up. She filed a case with the Commonwealth, asking the organization to publicly reject the election, send a delegation and suspend Tanzania from the organization.
