In Tanzania, the opposition will step down three days before the October 28 parliamentary elections, including the presidential election. While the Electoral Commission is often accused of submitting to power, the opposition accuses it of having prepared real frauds prior to these elections through manipulation of the biometric file of voters.
Freeman Mbwoe, president of the main opposition party Chadema, condemns on his Twitter account a massive manipulation of the biometric register orchestrated, according to him, by National Electoral Commission. “Millions of voters and ghost polling stations have been added to the lists”, he condemns, while “opposition voters were removed or deliberately removed from the lists”.
Kuna uvurugwaji wa kutisha wa Daftari wapiga kura. Mamilioni ya wapiga kura hewa & maelfu ya vituo bandia. Wapiga kura wengi wapinzani wamehamishwa vituo ved kuondolewa kwa makusudi. NEC itoe maelezo & suluhisho haraka la sivyo uchaguzi huu utashindikana kuanzia hatua ya awali.
Freeman Mbowe (@freemanmbowetz) October 23, 2020
Same story with the leader of another opposition party, ACT-Wazalendo. Its leader Zitto Kabwe also assured on Twitter that nearly 14,000 ghost voters would have been added to the lists in his constituency in Kigoma, the western part of the country.
These accusations are launched towards the end of an election campaign which has not been easy for opponents. In early October, for example, the Electoral Commission suspended The campaign for candidate for Chadema Tundu Lissu, by accusing him of “making inflammatory remarks and making unfounded accusations against the election laws” without specifying their content.
President John Magufuli, a candidate for his own legacy, is accused of having established an “authoritarian” regime in Tanzania in his first term. But despite these five years of repression, the opposition continues to attract crowds to government concern.
The president of CHADEMA therefore demanded in his tweet an explanation to the election commission and warned of a possible burnout in the country.
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