EDITORIAL: Voter education is key to a successful referendum

Determined Leadership Key to Successful Projects
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GOOD relationship and determination among the leaders in the Isles are the key reasons that have seen the successful implementation of many community development projects in Zanzibar. In 15-Day tour organised and officiated by CCM Chief Secretary ...

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Voter registration for referendum, general election well on schedule
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PRIME Minister Mizengo Pinda assured the National Assembly that the voters' registration ahead of the Referendum and General Election will be completed on time. Mr Pinda said the National Electoral Commission (NEC) had provided the government with a ...
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Chadema demands voter register update before referendum
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THE National Chairman of Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema), Mr Freeman Mbowe, has warned that his party will not participate in a referendum to get a new constitution unless the voter register is updated. Addressing thousands of Bukoba ...

The Chadema national chairman, Mr Freeman Mbowe, has decried the ongoing registration of voters through the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR), saying it could be difficult to reach all eligible voters within the planned time.

>Tanzania has been urged to hold open and honest talks if it is to find lasting solutions to issues that have proved thorny in the 50 year-old Union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar. Political commentators here told The Citizen on Saturday that openness is a vital lesson that Tanzania can draw from the just-ended Scottish referendum, in which the Scots voted to remain in the United Kingdom.

>In yesterday’s edition of The Citizen, we reported that the planned referendum on the Proposed Constitution could be held side by side with the October elections instead of April 30, which has been widely publicised.

>Fifty years-plus after independence, we agreed to overhaul the current constitution, because we believed we could do with a new, more progressive one.

Call for public education on new constitution before referendum
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THE Constitution Forum has underscored the need for the public to be educated on the details of the Proposed Constitution to enable it make an informed decision before voting. The forum, in a statement issued in Dar es Salaam and signed by its chairman, ...

Last week, Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda and other Members of the Constituent Assembly (MCAs), seemed to suggest they would convince the President to call the referendum on the proposed Constitution ahead of the 2015 General Election.