Tanzania: Chadema At a Major Crossroads

Chadema has to make very difficult choices. Its relations with President John Magufuli's government seems to have hit rock bottom. In Parliament, the recent showdown with Deputy Speaker Tulia Ackson signals the unfolding political crisis, the worst of which, apparently, is yet to come. And now a few days before September 1 - the opposition's 'day of defiance', the question many could be asking is: What will happen next?

It seems the only battlefield the opposition is banking its hopes on is outside the comfort of the National Assembly. Chadema has tabled a list of recommendations to Speaker Job Ndugai - it has made it abundantly clear in and outside the House that its broken trust in Dr Ackson is beyond repair.

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