McLaren
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So for a long time now, CCM has been repeating the same old line: “There isn’t enough time to make a new constitution.”
And guess what? On November 26, during Mwigulu's press conference, the same talking point came up again, that drafting a constitution three months before an election is “impossible.”
But let’s check the history books, shall we?
The American Constitution, the one that actually runs the most powerful country in the world was drafted and adopted in less than four months.
May 25, 1787: the Constitutional Convention officially opens in Philadelphia. September 17, 1787: 39 delegates sign the final draft. That’s 116 days. And how did they do it? Oh, just tiny quills, candlelight, no internet, zero laptops, basically Stone Age technology.
But hey, apparently Tanzania with Wi-Fi, printers, Google Docs, and a decade of public input still “cannot” manage to draft a consitution three months.
The U.S. Constitution is tiny, about 4,500 words and the final draft was polished in five days. Tanzania already has the 1977 Constitution, the 2014 Warioba draft, and hundreds of pages of public submissions.
So most of the work is already done. But apparently, CCM thinks that’s “too hard.”
So let me get this straight, CCM can’t even draft the country’s own laws, the “mother laws” that are supposed to guide everything, in three months.
But somehow we’re expected to trust these same people to build cars, launch satellites, and make high-tech innovations?
Drafting a simple book of laws in under 90 days is “impossible,” yet somehow Tanzania is supposed to become the next Silicon Valley?
And guess what? On November 26, during Mwigulu's press conference, the same talking point came up again, that drafting a constitution three months before an election is “impossible.”
But let’s check the history books, shall we?
The American Constitution, the one that actually runs the most powerful country in the world was drafted and adopted in less than four months.
May 25, 1787: the Constitutional Convention officially opens in Philadelphia. September 17, 1787: 39 delegates sign the final draft. That’s 116 days. And how did they do it? Oh, just tiny quills, candlelight, no internet, zero laptops, basically Stone Age technology.
But hey, apparently Tanzania with Wi-Fi, printers, Google Docs, and a decade of public input still “cannot” manage to draft a consitution three months.
The U.S. Constitution is tiny, about 4,500 words and the final draft was polished in five days. Tanzania already has the 1977 Constitution, the 2014 Warioba draft, and hundreds of pages of public submissions.
So most of the work is already done. But apparently, CCM thinks that’s “too hard.”
So let me get this straight, CCM can’t even draft the country’s own laws, the “mother laws” that are supposed to guide everything, in three months.
But somehow we’re expected to trust these same people to build cars, launch satellites, and make high-tech innovations?
Drafting a simple book of laws in under 90 days is “impossible,” yet somehow Tanzania is supposed to become the next Silicon Valley?