Tanzania: according to the opposition, the Electoral Commission fraud in favor of the power

Tanzanian President John Magufuli, candidate for his own succession, addresses his supporters in Dar es Salaam, October 14, 2020. Presidential Press Service / Handout via REUTERS

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In Tanzania, the opposition is stepping up three days before the general elections of October 28, including the presidential election.

While the Electoral Commission is often accused of submission to power, the opposition accuses it of having prepared real frauds ahead of these elections, through manipulation of the biometric file of voters.

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Freeman Mbwoe, president of the main opposition party Chadema, denounces on his Twitter account a massive manipulation of the biometric register orchestrated, according to him, by the

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Kuna uvurugwaji wa kutisha wa Daftari the wapiga kura.

Mamilioni ya wapiga kura hewa & maelfu ya vituo bandia.

Wapiga kura wengi wapinzani wamehamishwa vituo at kuondolewa kwa makusudi.

NEC itoe maelezo & suluhisho haraka la sivyo uchaguzi huu utashindikana kuanzia hatua ya awali.

  Freeman Mbowe (@freemanmbowetz) October 23, 2020

Same story with the leader of another opposition party, ACT-Wazalendo.

Its leader Zitto Kabwe also assured on Twitter that nearly 14,000 ghost voters have been added to the lists in his constituency of Kigoma, in the west of the country.

These accusations are launched towards the end of an electoral campaign which has not been easy for opponents.

At the beginning of October, for example, the Electoral Commission suspended for a week the campaign of

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President John Magufuli

, a candidate for his own succession, is accused of having established an "

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in Tanzania during his first term.

But, despite these five years of repression, the opposition continues to attract crowds to the chagrin of the government.

The president of CHADEMA therefore demanded in his tweet an explanation to the Electoral Commission and warns of a possible conflagration in the country.

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