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Tanzania’s main opposition party has been banned from participating in this year’s election.
BBC reports that the party was banned some days after its leader was charged with treason.
Director of elections at the Independent National Elections Commission, Ramadhani Kailma, said Chadema had failed to sign a code of conduct document that was done on Saturday, meaning the party was disqualified from October’s elections.
Chadema’s leader, Tundu Lissu, was arrested last week. He was charged with treason after a rally in southern Tanzania at which he called for electoral reforms.
The latest development will boost the ruling CCM party’s hopes of retaining power. CCM has spent almost six decades in office.
