Tanzania’s Election: A Longstanding One-Party Rule Masks Deep Political Repression
As Tanzania heads to the polls with a government entrenched for over six decades, political repression threatens stability and true democratic choice, raising concerns for regional security and the rule of law.
Tanzania is again poised to extend a single party’s grip on power — a reign lasting an astounding 64 years since independence. While the nation of 68 million voters prepares to cast ballots, the reality behind this election is not one of vibrant democracy but rather a consolidation of authoritarian control under President Samia Suluhu Hassan.Despite being nominally multiparty, Tanzania functions as a de facto one-party state dominated by Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM), Hassan’s party. As opposition leaders are jailed or barred from running, and civic freedoms are squeezed, this election resembles less a contest and more a predetermined coronation....
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