Chadema shifts gear, demands electoral reforms ahead of 2015
Chadema supporters. The party wants electoral reforms ahead of next year’s general election. Photo/FILE
Tanzania’s main opposition party, Chadema, is shifting its focus from the ongoing constitutional review to push for electoral reforms in a bid to ensure that nearly six million new voters are registered ahead of the general election next year.
This is after the proceedings at the Constituent Assembly in Dodoma — which is expected to herald constitutional and electoral reforms to strengthen the country’s electoral democracy — were marred by disputes that led to an opposition walkout from the CA. There are now fears that the country could go to the polls without a new constitution.
