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For the umpteenth time, Tanzania is preparing another by-election. Scheduled for August 12 this year, the by-election aims to fill the Buyungu parliamentary seat left vacant by the death of the immediately previous legislator, and 77 seats of Ward vacated by various councilors for various reasons.
the stages of preparation of the by-elections, controversies have emerged – and continue to surface – involving officials from different electoral authorities, different government authorities and different political parties, as well as potential candidates for elections and d & # 39; other stakeholders, including activists for human rights and freedoms.
Among the controversies include the statements of 12 candidates from the ruling Revolutionary Party (CCM) constituency who won the election unopposed – while disqualifying some candidates from the main political parties. Opposition of the challenge! [19659002] In addition, some candidates and executives from different opposition parties were denied application forms, others were detained on different pretexts – forcing others to hide for fear of 39, be also detained.
There is a myriad of controversies, details of which can be found in our document Mwananchi of July 16, 2018. [19659002] But the controversies – some of which are calculated for narrow and selfish political ends – could be harmful and damaging at the proposed by-election. The calls for justice, fairness and reason in by-elections are not new; but, they never really worked. In this regard, we risk asking the government to seriously consider alternatives to by-elections.
For example, instead of the by-elections, the political party that would lose a sitting legislator should name a replacement from its ranks. must continue until the next general election. Better still, the "winner" in second place at the last general election should – regardless of membership in a political party – automatically go up to the vacant electoral seat.
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