Two witnesses for a local politician who unsuccessfully contested for East African Legislative Assembly (Eala) on Wednesday gave evidence before the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) on why the applicant felt the elections were flawed.
A senior member of opposition Chadema, Mr Anthony
Calist Komu, filed a case against the Attorney General of the Tanzania,
contesting the election of the regional MPs from Tanzania on grounds
that the elections in the county’s Parliament did not follow the right
procedures.
The applicant is challenging the process of the said elections held in 2012.
The case was heard before the First Instance
Division of EACJ, the judicial arm of the EAC which handles civil cases
of regional implications.
Mr Komu stated that before the elections of the
regional legislators were conducted in Dodoma, Mr John Mnyika, a Chadema
legislator made unsuccessful efforts to alert the House that it should
ensure adherence to Article 50 of the Treaty by having proportional
representation of various political parties.
He further argued that the four groups created by
the House during the election “were not sufficient to ensure justice”
and that no mechanism was put in place to ensure fair representation.
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