Tanzania Opposition Rejects Election Results, Calls for Fresh Poll
“The October 29 election is null and void and all results must be cancelled,” Heche said, adding that Tanzanians were denied a genuine chance to choose their leaders.
“The October 29 election is null and void and all results must be cancelled,” Heche said, adding that Tanzanians were denied a genuine chance to choose their leaders.
Opposition party Chadema’s deputy chairperson John Heche told reporters that Tanzania witnessed “mass killings of more than 2,000 people and over 5,000 injured in the space of just one week”.
His current location remains unknown, raising serious concerns about his safety and wellbeing.
The statement accuses Tanzanian authorities of violating human rights through unlawful detention, enforced disappearances and the silencing of opposition voices.
His whereabouts remain unknown, while party leader Tundu Lissu remains in custody with his treason trial pushed to November 3
Kwa upande wake, Wakili wa Serikali Renatus Mkude alisisitiza kuwa ombi la kuahirisha shauri hilo linafuata misingi ya kisheria, akibainisha kuwa Jamhuri bado inaendelea na maandalizi ya ushahidi wake.
The party said this deepens fears about his safety and the growing pattern of intimidation against opposition figures ahead of the October 29 general election.
With less than a week to Tanzania’s general election, pressure is mounting over the disappearance of opposition figures and growing silence from President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who continues with her nationwide campaign trail.
The CHADEMA Deputy Chairperson added that being barred from crossing into Kenya deepened his pain, saying he had hoped to personally pay his final respects to a man he regarded as both a mentor and a friend.
The CHADEMA Diaspora said the move violated Article 17(1) of Tanzania’s Constitution, which guarantees freedom of movement, as well as the East African Community Protocol on the Free Movement of Persons, which allows Tanzanians to enter Kenya without a visa for humanitarian reasons such as funerals.