Tanzania: Lissu Named Main Opposition Candidate, Vows To Oust Magufuli
By Our Reporter
Tundu Lissu has
been named as the main opposition candidate for Tanzania’s presidential
election.
Tanzania's
main opposition, Chadema party, on Tuesday unanimously approved Tundu Lissu's
candidacy for the October 28 general election, after he won a party vote.
Heavyweight
Lissu, a former Member of Parliament and Chadema's deputy chairman, was shot at
16 times in a 2017 assassination attempt, before he fled into exile.
He returned
to the East African country from exile last month and described Magufuli's
handling of the Coronavirus pandemic as "a national embarrassment".
Tanzania has
not released official Coronavirus figures since late April, and unlike most
African countries, it has taken no specific measures against the pandemic.
Magufuli has repeatedly ass...