Chadema goes it alone in new Tanzania constitution push

Chadema party leaders led by the chairmen Freeman Mbowe (right). PHOTO | MWANANCHI | NMG

Chadema, Tanzania’s main opposition party, on Friday, formally dissociated itself from a cross-party political initiative aimed at coordinating proposals in the push for a new constitution and independent electoral commission.

The chairman Freeman Mbowe said that at a meeting of the party’s top leaders in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday, the leaders resolved that the Tanzania Centre for Democracy’s approach to the issues involved was not in line with Chadema’s picture of what it wants to achieve.