14 parties want Parliament to discuss Zanzibar impasse

Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC) chairman, Jecha Salum Jecha             

POLITICAL parties which have no lawmakers in the House have called for a thorough discussion on the political impasse in the isles instead of delving on the Tegeta Escrow scandal.
 
At least fourteen political parties that took part in the last year’s polls have openly protested the decision announced by Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC) chairman, Jecha Salum Jecha, to set a date for re-running elections in the Isles following after he nullified the results in late October.
 
At the moment the parties have joined the movement by Zanzibar’s main opposition party, the Civic United Front (CUF), which has claimed lead in the embattled elections.
 
During a meeting with journalists on Monday in Dar es Salaam, all the secretaries general of parties with no representatives in the National Assembly said they were against the decision to re-run the polls.
 
“We want the National Assembly to pay much attention to issues of greater public concern other than debating earlier resolution made against the Independent Power Tanzania Limited (IPTL). We’re all aware of what happened in the last parliamentary debates on the Escrow account scandal … this debate should not be allowed to resurface and instead work on solutions for the political situation in Zanzibar take precedence,” Renatus Muambi, the secretary of Alliance told reporters.
 
Last week, almost two months after ZEC chairman nullified the election results in Zanzibar, he categorically set March 20 as the date for the poll re-run. 
 
However, the main opposition party - CUF supported by a Coalition of People’s Constitution (Ukawa) had consistently demanded for the completion of the tallying process and the winner be declared for the election that was categorised by both domestic and international observers as free and fair.
 
Nonetheless, the statement by the 14-parties compliment the position held by former foreign affairs minister, Bernard Membe, who challenged the decision to nullify the entire results as “undemocratic and damaging the country’s posture in the international arena.”
 
The parties which attended the meeting include NRA, AFP, SAU, CCK, CHAUSTA, DEMOKRASIA MAKINI and ADC.
 
Others were UPDP, AFP, TLP, UDP, TADEA, JAHAZI ASILIA and CHAUMA.
They observed that since they were not part of the mediation process between CUF secretary general Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad and CCM’s Dr Ali Mohammed Shein, then it was not democratic for the ZEC to organise the re-run of the polls.
 
“They have made nearly 10 private meetings but they didn’t come to an agreement and what was discussed remains secret. We want the National Assembly to give the public satisfactory answers on this burning question,” he said.
 
There were no clarifications from either the Parliament head of communications Owen Mwandubya or its clerk, Dr Thomas Kashililah.

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