Tanzania votes for president amid fears of election violence, fraud

Long lines of voters in Tanzania went to the polls Wednesday for a presidential election that the opposition warned is already compromised by manipulation, deadly violence and a massive internet slowdown in a country once praised as a beacon of peace in Africa.

Results declared by the electoral commission cannot be challenged in court, bringing urgency to efforts to monitor the vote, even as opposition figures said observers were turned away from scores of polling stations. Some major independent observers such as the European Union were not invited or were blocked.

Leading opposition candidate Tundu Lissu alleged “widespread irregularities,” including ballot-box stuffing. He tweeted that “if this continues, mass democratic action will be the only option to protect the integrity of the election.” The survivor of an assassination attempt in 2017, Lissu returned this year to challenge populist President John Magufuli, who seeks a second five-year term.

Others reported intimidation. “My life is in danger,” Freeman Mbowe, the chairman of opposition party CHADEMA, tweeted Wednesday, alleging that “heavily armed gangsters” protected by police had raided his hotel and seized two of his security guards.Diplomats, the United Nations and others say the government under Magufuli has severely stifled media, civil society and opposition voices. He also has been accused of downplaying the COVID-19 pandemic, declaring it defeated through prayer.

“We must continue to maintain peace,” Magufuli said after voting, showing off his ink-stained finger and urging people to go to the polls. Nicknamed “the Bulldozer,” Magufuli has made his name in part by targeting corruption and strengthening one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies.

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America should be the last country to lecture anyone about 'Voter Fraud'.

Sounds like Trumps crazy theories about the American Election.

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