{"id":139147,"date":"2025-08-28T09:09:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T09:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/president-samia-hassan-approved-for-tanzanias-october-vote"},"modified":"2025-08-28T09:31:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T09:31:07","slug":"president-samia-hassan-approved-for-tanzanias-october-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/president-samia-hassan-approved-for-tanzanias-october-vote","title":{"rendered":"President Samia Hassan approved for Tanzania\u2019s October vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Tanzania. <\/strong><\/span><b>Tanzania\u2019s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has been approved to stand in October\u2019s presidential election.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s Hassan&#8217;s first time running for the presidency. She assumed the office following the death of her predecessor John Magufuli in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>After her nomination was cleared, Hassan shared a post on X urging her Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party to &#8220;maintain unity to ensure victory for our party and for God&#8217;s permission to return to serve citizens&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s facing a field clear of her main rivals after the country\u2019s electoral commission on Wednesday disqualified the candidate of the second largest opposition party.<\/p>\n<p>Luhaga Mpina of the Alliance for Change and Transparency (ACT-Wazalendo) was barred over complaints that the party had failed to comply with nomination procedures in the primaries.<\/p>\n<p>Mpina, a government critic and a former ruling party member of the East African country&#8217;s parliament, defected from CCM earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This decision is not only shameful but it is raising more questions about the integrity, seriousness, professionalism and the independence of the electoral commission,&#8221; Ado Shaibu, ACT-Wazalendo&#8217;s Secretary General, said in a statement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Leading opposition party CHADEMA was disqualified in April after it failed to sign the electoral code of conduct as part of its call for electoral reform.<\/p>\n<p>CHADEMA chairman Tundu Lissu has been in jail for over four months after being charged with treason early in April. He has denied the charges.<\/p>\n<p>Lissu&#8217;s detention and the unexplained abductions of government critics in recent months have shone a spotlight on Hassan&#8217;s human rights record. Hassan says her government is committed to respecting human rights.<\/p>\n<p>Nominations for presidential candidates closed on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Tanzania<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Tanzania. Tanzania\u2019s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has been approved to stand in October\u2019s presidential election. It&#8217;s Hassan&#8217;s first time running for the presidency. She assumed the office following the death of her predecessor John Magufuli in 2021. 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