In a few days, opposition leader Tundu Lissu of Tanzania was scheduled to appear in court on a crime demand that could lead to the death sentence.
In anticipation of the presidential and parliamentary elections in October, regulators in the west African state have been cracking down on the criticism Chadema party. Samia Suluhu Hassan is accused by Chadema of using the authoritarian techniques of her father John Magufuli.
While his assistant, John Heche, who was also quickly detained this year, has urged protests, Amnesty International has called for Lissu’s fast and absolute release. Lisassu, 57, was scheduled to appear at a judge on Thursday morning in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s business investment.
Since making a small court appearance on April 10 when he was accused of treason, which has no choice of loan, and “publication of false information,” he has not been seen. A rebellious Lissu at the time remarked to his supporters,” The treason case is a way to independence.”
He has previously been detained numerous times, but this is his first day facing for a serious crime. The conceited leader has launched a vicious attack on the authorities, promising that his party may not participate in elections without considerable political reforms.
Chadema’s dismissal was a result of her refusing to sign an political” code of conduct,” but the celebration has claimed that the laws were intended to “ensure that the ruling party remains in energy” and that its ban was unconstitutional.
Enthusiasm denied
In the last election, Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), the government’s party won overwhelmingly, but Chadema claims the vote was unfair and unjust because many of its prospects were unilaterally disqualified.
Chadema has demanded changes to voting laws, including a more impartial Electoral Commission and more precise instructions to prevent individuals from being removed from vote. Lisassu warned last year that unless the program was improved, Chadema had “block the elections through confrontation.”
The ruling party has long ignored the requirements of the opposition. Lissu, a lawyer by education, entered legislature in 2010 and will seek the presidency in 2020. In a 2017 strike that he believes was ordered by his social rivals, he was shot 16 days.
He fled the country after being defeated by Magufuli in the 2020 election, but he bounced back in the state in 2023 as Hassan relaxed some of her presidency’s restrictions on the criticism and the media. Those hopes were short-lived as rights organizations and American governments became more important of renewed persecution, including the arrests of Chadema politicians as well as the killings and kidnapping of opposition figures.
Amnesty criticized the “heavy-handed strategies to silence critics” in a statement released following Lissu’s confinement.
