Rights group expresses mixed feelings about JPM speech Monday – News

Dar es Salaam. The Legal and Human Rights Center (LHRC) pointed out what he described as deficiencies in President John Magufulidel's speech delivered on 2 July during the inauguration of new senior officials, including ministers, appointed during the weekend reshuffle. to the statement issued by LHRC executive director Anna Henga on Tuesday, July 3, even as the president's speech addressed key issues aimed at achieving a positive economic impact, there are still some areas that are contrary to the principles of democracy.

The President appears to have interfered with the independence of Parliament, particularly when he expressed dissatisfaction with the way in which a president prevented a member from giving his opinion when he defended the government.

"This shows that the President does not trust the way Parliament works. Such a declaration weakens the foundations of the separation of powers, which is one of the most important pillars of any country that exercises a complete democracy, "reads part of the statement.

LHRC reminds the government that He did not have any mandate to interfere in the responsibilities In doing so, it constituted a violation of Article 4 of the Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania of 1977.

The LHRC also noted that in his speech, the President showed a lack of political tolerance when he stated that he was offended by the differing opinions of the legislators, especially when they debated the amendments of the Bill to Amend the Cashew Act

"Public servants should make decisions based on the arguments of citizens without regard to the attitudes and beliefs of their parties." n part.

Despite the selection not taking into account the issue of gender balance and some The LHRC also congratulated the President for the positive contributions expressed by his speech.

According to the statement, contributions include the insistence on the accountability of government authorities, the proper management and supervision of development projects, changes in laws that do not benefit countries, the strengthening of security , the fight against corruption in the public service and the question of bogus NGOs.