Political parties speak out on defections ahead of polls

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Tanzanian political authorities urge media to be impartial ahead of polls
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DAR ES SALAAM, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- Tanzanian Registrar of Political Parties, Judge Francis Mutungi, on Thursday appealed to the media fraternity to practice sobriety in reporting the final days of the electoral process to avoid being the source of ...
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Speak as one in Constituent Assembly, parties advised
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Political parties in the country should speak with one voice when presenting views in the Constituent Assembly instead of every party standing on its own. The advice was given by the Tanzania Centre for Democracy (TCD) which also proposed that every ...

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Meeting to harmonise political parties in offing
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THE Council of African Political Parties (CAPP) is planning to conduct a Constitutive Conference of Youth Wing in Dar es Salaam, the Secretary of the Council, Dr Nafie Nafie has announced. Addressing a news conference in Dar es Salaam on Friday, ...

Kikwete mourns ex-political parties registrar Liundi
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PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete has expressed deep grief for the sudden demise of the first registrar of political parties in the country, George Liundi, who passed away on January 12, this year. He sent a condolence message to the Registrar of Political Parties, ...

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Kikwete to meet political parties' council members
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PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete is expected to hold a meeting with political parties council members on February 6, this year at Mwalimu Nyerere International Convention Centre in Dar es Salaam. According to official statement issued in Dar es Salaam on ...

Political parties in Isles warned against using militia groups
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THE European Union and Zanzibar House of Representatives have warned political parties against replacing the police with party militias. The two entities have asked political parties to respect the laws of the country and the limits of party roles ...

Leaders of political parties have expressed their concern over a limited time which has been set aside to register voters by using the Biometric Voters Registration (BVR) system.

Last month, the Attorney General, Mr George Masaju, warned political parties over their move to establish security groups. He said doing so was against the law. As law abiding organisations I expected the parties, notably the three major political parties which have such groups, Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema), Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) and Civic United Front (CUF) would heed the AG call and disband their groups.