Representatives of Tanzanian opposition parties stated that there had been widespread irregularities in the registration of opposition candidates for the general elections scheduled for October. This was reported by RFI Kiswahili with reference to the statement of the key opposition candidate Tundu Lissu. According to the opposition, dozens of candidates from his Party for Democracy and Progress (CHADEMA) both in parliament and in local administrations were disqualified for unfair reasons. We had 3,754 candidates for local councils we lost 30% of them, he said during a rally in Dar es Salaam, calling for peaceful demonstrations amid the inadmissibility of opposition candidates. Lissou also said that of the 244 candidates represented in parliament, 53 were disqualified, demanding that the election commission reinstate them. Lissu returned to Tanzania last month, after spending almost three years in Belgium on treatment after he was assassinated. Presidential and parliamentary elections ...
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