The main opposition party in Tanzania has banned the election standing

The main opposition party in Tanzania was prevented from participating in this year’s elections, days after its leader was accused of treason.

Ramadan Kelima, director of elections at the Independent National Electoral Committee, said that Chadma had failed to sign a document of behavior that was due on Saturday, which means that the party had been excluded from the October elections.

Last week, the leader of Chadima Leso was He was arrested and charged with betrayal After a gathering in southern Tanzania, in which he called for electoral reforms.

The latest development will strengthen the hopes of the ruling CCM party in retaining power after nearly six decades.

“Any party did not sign the code of behavior that will not participate in the general elections,” Kylima said on Saturday, adding that Chadima will also be prevented from participating in any sub -elections until 2030.

Earlier on Saturday, Chadima said she would not participate in the signing ceremony of the behavior rules, as part of its engine for voting reforms.

The country is scheduled to vote in the parliamentary and presidential elections, as he was expected to challenge the current president, Samia Soloho Hassan.

When Hassan arrived in power for the first time in 2021, after the death of her predecessor John Magofi, he was praised by the opposite of some of his most authoritarian tendencies.

Activists and opposition parties have since accused the government of Hassan of the intense campaign against political opponents, citing arrests and kidnapping of opposition members. The government denied the accusations and made an investigation into the kidnappings.

One of the longest parties in Africa, CCM – or Chama Cha Mapinduzi – Tanzania since 1977.

Under the slogan “No reforms, no elections”, he argued that there is no possibility for free and fair elections without changes to how elections are held in Tanzania.

Leso said that the formation of the electoral committee necessary for change and should not include the persons appointed directly by Hassan.

The authorities are accused of not seeking to disrupt the elections and incite the rebellion.

He was imprisoned in the reservation and his charitable case was postponed until April 24. He told his lawyer, Rugmeza Nshala, Reuters that the charges were of political motives, adding: “You cannot separate these charges from politics.”

The opposition leader was arrested on several occasions, and in 2017 he escaped an assassination attempt in which his car was shot 16 times.

Then he went to exile, and briefly returned in 2020 to run against Maguuli in the elections of that year. He left after announcing the results, complaining of supposed violations.

Then he returned again in 2023, after the changes made by Samia that her government said was aiming to allow more opposition freedom.