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The Magufuli regime in #Tanzania “knows they cannot win on an equal political playing field ... They use any means necessary, including violence, to try to silence the opposition. This is a clear sign of weakness, not strength."
Fears that President Magufuli will create a dictatorship in Tanzania
President Magufuli during an official visit to Kenya the year after he took office promising to tackle corruption
THOMAS MUKOYA/REUTERS
Tanzania dissolved its parliament and set course for an election in October days after an opposition leader was badly beaten and laws were passed granting senior government figures immunity from prosecution.
There is growing concern that President Magufuli, who took office in 2015 promising to tackle corruption, wants to create a dictatorship.
A range of amendments approved by MPs will protect senior ministers from any legal action in the course of governing. Critics say the legislation effectively hands “powers to continue violating constitutional rights” to President Magufuli whose time in office has been marked by crushing freedoms and dissent.
The latest beating of a senior opposition figure came only hours after Tundu Lissu, Mr Magufuli’s most high-profile critic, announced he would return from exile
Fears that President Magufuli will create a dictatorship in Tanzania
Fears that President Magufuli will create a dictatorship in Tanzania
President Magufuli during an official visit to Kenya the year after he took office promising to tackle corruption
THOMAS MUKOYA/REUTERS
Tanzania dissolved its parliament and set course for an election in October days after an opposition leader was badly beaten and laws were passed granting senior government figures immunity from prosecution.
There is growing concern that President Magufuli, who took office in 2015 promising to tackle corruption, wants to create a dictatorship.
A range of amendments approved by MPs will protect senior ministers from any legal action in the course of governing. Critics say the legislation effectively hands “powers to continue violating constitutional rights” to President Magufuli whose time in office has been marked by crushing freedoms and dissent.
The latest beating of a senior opposition figure came only hours after Tundu Lissu, Mr Magufuli’s most high-profile critic, announced he would return from exile
Fears that President Magufuli will create a dictatorship in Tanzania