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Tanzania: Tanzania's Magufuli Won't Extend Term, Insists CCM
Nation, 14 September 2020
Tanzania's ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) has reiterated that it has no intention to amend the country's constitution to allow its presidential candidate John Pombe… Read more »
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Tanzania: Magufuli Lists Promises As He Starts His Re-Election Campaign
Citizen, 1 September 2020
President John Magufuli kicked off his campaign trail for re-election in the October polls on TPresident John Magufuli kicked off his campaign trail for re-election in the October… Read more »
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Tanzania: Court Quashes Five Two-Term Presidential Limit Case in Dar
Daily News, 8 September 2020
THE High Court in Dar es Salaam has rejected a lawsuit lodged by a farmer, Mr Dezydelius Mgoya, who was questioning five two-term presidential limit of each leadership in the… Read more »
Tanzania's Magufuli Won't Extend Term, Insists Ruling Party
Tanzania's ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) has reiterated that it has no intention to amend the country's constitution to allow President John Magufuli to extend his term in office. The country's constitution limits a president's rule to two, five-year consecutive terms but there has been calls to change the law to have the incumbent remain in power. Magufuli is seeking a second term in the country's October 2020 elections.
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