The Southern African Development Community (SADC) delegation however described the polls as marred by violence repression and a systematic erosion of democratic principles citing the arrests and prosecution of opposition figures Tundu Lissu of Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema) and Luhaga Mpina of ACT Wazalendo in the lead-up to the polls (AC Vol 66 No 3 Newsmaker: Lissu rages against the CCM machine Dispatches 14/4/25 Banning opposition leader Tundu Lissu from elections confirms Samia's authoritarian shift & 13/10/25 Ahead of vote Hassan's government ratchets up repression)...
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Though Hassan will be one of 17 presidential hopefuls on the ballot paper Luhaga Mpina the candidate of the second largest opposition party ACT-Wazalendo is not among them after the Attorney General upheld a ruling by the electoral commission that his party had not followed nomination procedures...
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Tanzania's presidential election is set to become slightly more competitive after the High Court ordered that Luhaga Mpina of the ACT Wazalendo party should be allowed to submit nomination forms to the Independent National Electoral Commission...
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