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Tanzanian opposition figures arrested after disputed election
Source: Reuters
Tanzanian opposition figures arrested after disputed election
Reuters in Nairobi
Mon 2 Nov 2020 06.59 EST
Tanzanian police have prevented planned opposition protests against last week’s disputed election by arresting officials of the main opposition party, Chadema, its presidential candidate said.
The opposition has demanded a re-run of the 28 October poll, citing widespread irregularities, and called for protests against the outcome, which returned President John Magufuli to office with 84% of the vote.
“We have not been able to protest,” Tundu Lissu, who garnered an official 13%, told Reuters, citing heavy deployments of the police on the streets and the arrest of several party officials and supporters.
Chadema chairman Freeman Mbowe, former lawmaker Godbless Lema and the former mayor of Ubungo municipality, Boniface Jacob, were all arrested late on Sunday.
“I got a message around midnight that they had been taken in,” Lissu said.
Mbowe, Lema and Jacob, together with seven of their supporters, were arrested to prevent them destroying property under the guise of protests, according to Lazaro Mambosasa, Dar es Salaam’s regional police commander.
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Reuters in Nairobi
Mon 2 Nov 2020 06.59 EST
Tanzanian police have prevented planned opposition protests against last week’s disputed election by arresting officials of the main opposition party, Chadema, its presidential candidate said.
The opposition has demanded a re-run of the 28 October poll, citing widespread irregularities, and called for protests against the outcome, which returned President John Magufuli to office with 84% of the vote.
“We have not been able to protest,” Tundu Lissu, who garnered an official 13%, told Reuters, citing heavy deployments of the police on the streets and the arrest of several party officials and supporters.
Chadema chairman Freeman Mbowe, former lawmaker Godbless Lema and the former mayor of Ubungo municipality, Boniface Jacob, were all arrested late on Sunday.
“I got a message around midnight that they had been taken in,” Lissu said.
Mbowe, Lema and Jacob, together with seven of their supporters, were arrested to prevent them destroying property under the guise of protests, according to Lazaro Mambosasa, Dar es Salaam’s regional police commander.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/02/tanzanian-opposition-figures-arrested-after-disputed-election
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Alternate Reuters link: Tanzania arrests opposition leaders, foiling post-election protests
