Referendum to be rescheduled

Raigmore operations rescheduled due to coronavirus  BBC News

 We now have the document from a Constituent Assembly (CA) known as the Proposed Constitution, which was handed over to President Jakaya Kikwete and Zanzibar President Mohamed Shein in Dodoma on Wednesday.

Referendum, Elections Should Go On Well
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THE clock is ticking and, despite what others may opine, Tanzanians by their numbers are waiting to cast their votes in the coming historic referendum that would decide if the populace rejects or endorses the Proposed Constitution. Next will be the general ...

>President Jakaya Kikwete on Sunday re-affirmed that the referendum will take place on April 30 this year as announced last year.

While the process of updating the voters’ register using the biometric voter’s registration (BVR) is still in slow progress, thus making holding a referendum for the proposed Constitution untenable, the government maintains that the date for referendum will not change.

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Referendum might be postponed - NEC
IPPmedia
The National Electoral Commission (NEC) yesterday said because of the snail paced progress of the Biometric Voters Registration (BVR) in Njombe Region, there is a great possibility that the referendum on the proposed Constitution may be postponed.
NEC given funds for more BVR kitsDaily News

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I have long felt that, as part of uniting an already polarised society like ours before it is too late, there are areas our politicians need to decide independently from their party stands -- making of the new constitution is one.

Even as we are now supposed to be in the Referendum mood, there’s hardly anyone who knows what its law says. This knowledge is crucial if people are to endorse the Proposed Constitution.

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Referendum on Katiba postponed
Daily News
THE National Electoral Commission (NEC) has postponed indefinitely the referendum for the Proposed Constitution earlier planned for April 30. Addressing reporters in Dar es Salaam on Thursday, the NEC Chairman, Judge (retired) Damian Lubuva, said the ...
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