 |
|
BBC
|
Zanzibari
opposition presidential candidate Maalim Seif has declared himself the winner
of presidential elections on the semi-autonomous Tanzanian archipelago. He is
the candidate for opposition coalition Ukawa, which includes the Civic United
Front (CUF).His supporters chanted "our president, our president" as
he called for the ruling CCM candidate to accept the results as he said he was
ahead of him by more than 100,000 votes.
The
Zanzibar Electoral Commission is due to announce the official results soon.If
Mr Seif has won, it will be the first time the opposition has won the
presidency of the archipelago.
BBC report continues:
Police
and soldiers with guns are patrolling and have set up check points at junctions
in case of violence - which has broken out after previous elections - and some
roads have been closed.
 |
|
BBC
|
Meanwhile
the Tanzania's ruling party, CCM, has rejected the claim by Zanzibar's
opposition candidate, Maalim Seif, that he has won the archipelago's
presidential election.
The
party says the announcement is against the law as the only body allowed to
announce results is the electoral commission.
"It's
quite a dangerous move as it risks instability in the island," Vuai Ally
Vuai, the party's deputy general secretary in Zanzibar, said at a news
conference.
CCM
also says that it is shocked that the Zanzibar Electoral Commission hasn't yet
come out to denounce the opposition's move.
Zanzibar
is semi-autonomous, with its own president and parliament.
Tanzania's
opposition coalition Ukawa says 200 of its young supporters, who were verifying
election results coming from polling centres across the country, were arrested
in Dar es Salaam last night and are in police custody.
The
coalition's vice-chairperson Aballa Safari told the BBC that they were detained
after police broke into the opposition's election centre and took important
data and computer hard drives being used to check results to be announced by
the electoral commission.
As
a consequence, should the results not favour Ukawa, the coalition would be left
with no choice but to reject them, he said.
Sunday's election was
largely peaceful and high turnout was reported across the country.
No comments:
Post a Comment