SADC urges Tanzanian to settle electoral disputes
Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi who is also the chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Organ on Politics, Defense and Security Cooperation on Wednesday urged stakeholders in Tanzania to settle any disputes emanating from the electoral process.
President John Magufuli of Chama cha Mapinduzi was on Sunday declared the winner of the Oct. 28 presidential elections by the east African country's electoral commission after he picked up 84 percent of the ballots cast.
The ruling Chama cha Mapinduzi also managed to win 97 percent of the seats in parliament in a development that has resulted in the main opposition, Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema party) calling for fresh elections citing electoral irregularities.
It is against this backdrop of suspected election fraud allegedly by the ruling party that Chadema has called on its supporters to take to the streets to protest Magufuli's landslide victory, arguing that it was fraudulent.
"SADC urges all stakeholders to settle any disputes emanating from this electoral process through established legal channels as stipulated in the national laws and in the revised SADC Principles and Guidance of 2015 governing democratic elections," said Masisi in a statement released Wednesday.
According to Masisi, settling disputes through established legal channels would enable a constructive environment that will infuse credibility in the processes and practices used for elections thereby marking a progressive build-up to the sixth multiparty elections since 1995.
SADC comprises Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. - Nampa/Xinhua
President John Magufuli of Chama cha Mapinduzi was on Sunday declared the winner of the Oct. 28 presidential elections by the east African country's electoral commission after he picked up 84 percent of the ballots cast.
The ruling Chama cha Mapinduzi also managed to win 97 percent of the seats in parliament in a development that has resulted in the main opposition, Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema party) calling for fresh elections citing electoral irregularities.
It is against this backdrop of suspected election fraud allegedly by the ruling party that Chadema has called on its supporters to take to the streets to protest Magufuli's landslide victory, arguing that it was fraudulent.
"SADC urges all stakeholders to settle any disputes emanating from this electoral process through established legal channels as stipulated in the national laws and in the revised SADC Principles and Guidance of 2015 governing democratic elections," said Masisi in a statement released Wednesday.
According to Masisi, settling disputes through established legal channels would enable a constructive environment that will infuse credibility in the processes and practices used for elections thereby marking a progressive build-up to the sixth multiparty elections since 1995.
SADC comprises Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. - Nampa/Xinhua
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