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Author: MASATO MASATO\u00a0<\/strong>
\nAfricaPress-Tanzania:<\/strong> ANZIBAR Electoral Commission (ZEC) has dismissed two objections against ACTWazalendo\u2019s Seif Sharif Hamad and approved his candidature for the Isles presidency bid.<\/p>\n

ZEC Chairman Chief Justice (retired) Hamid Mahmoud Hamid, giving the commission\u2019s verdict here last evening, said the objection grounds were weak to justify the exclusion of the candidate from the presidential race.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have considered both the objection grounds and defence arguments\u2026truly, the forms had errors as the plaintiffs claimed but the faults were purely human, they didn\u2019t mean to benefit the candidate in anyway,\u201d ruled the chairman.<\/p>\n

Commenting on the commission\u2019s ruling, Advocate Ernest Yusuph Ausi who stood for the plaintiffs said, \u201cWe respect the decision of the commission, their ruling is final but we still believe our objections had legal grounds.\u201d<\/p>\n

And, Mr Seif\u2019s legal counsel Omar Said Shaaban, commended the commission for the fair decision, which \u201chas set a good precedence.\u201d<\/p>\n

The nomination of Maalim Seif brings to 17 the total number of candidates who will compete in the 45-day election campaigns, each trying to convince Zanzibaris to usher them into the prestigious Vuga-based office.<\/p>\n

Presidential election campaigns kicked off here yesterday and according to ZEC released timetable, almost all political parties will conclude their campaigns on October 25, 2020.<\/p>\n

The electoral body on Thursday approved 16 aspirants for Zanzibar presidency, pending determination of the two objections, which Democratic Party and Demokrasia Makini candidates filed against their ACT-Wazalendo counterpart.<\/p>\n

Zanzibar presidential aspirants in this year\u2019s elections are Chama Cha Mapinduzi\u2019s Dr Hussein Mwinyi, Othman Rashid Khamis on Chama Cha Kijamii, Shafi Hassan Suleiman on DP and Said Issa Mohamed on Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo tickets.<\/p>\n

Other candidates with their parties in brackets are Hamad Rashid Mohamed (Alliance for Democratic Change), Mohamed Omar Shame (Union for Multiparty Democracy), Khamis Faki Mgau (National Reconstruction Alliance), Mfaume Khamis Hassan (National League for Democracy), Issa Mohamed Zonga (Sauti ya Umma) and Hussein Juma Salum (Tanzania Labour Party).<\/p>\n

Others are Mussa Haji Kombo (Civic United Front), Hamad Mohamed Ibrahim (UPDP), Said Soud Said (Alliance for African Farmers Party), Ali Omar Juma (UMMA) and Juma Ali Khatib (ADA-TADEA).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Author: MASATO MASATO\u00a0 AfricaPress-Tanzania: ANZIBAR Electoral Commission (ZEC) has dismissed two objections against ACTWazalendo\u2019s Seif Sharif Hamad and approved his candidature for the Isles presidency bid. ZEC Chairman Chief Justice (retired) Hamid Mahmoud Hamid, giving the commission\u2019s verdict here last evening, said the objection grounds were weak to justify the exclusion of the candidate from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":15101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12],"tags":[3977,5019,853],"class_list":["post-15130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-hamid-mahmoud-hamid","tag-seif-sharif-hamad","tag-zec"],"yoast_head":"\nZEC CLEARS HAMAD TO VIE FOR TOP SEAT - Tanzania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"ANZIBAR Electoral Commission (ZEC) has dismissed two objections against ACTWazalendo\u2019s Seif Sharif Hamad and approved his\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/zec-clears-hamad-to-vie-for-top-seat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ZEC CLEARS HAMAD TO VIE FOR TOP SEAT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ANZIBAR Electoral Commission (ZEC) has dismissed two objections against ACTWazalendo\u2019s Seif Sharif Hamad and approved his\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/zec-clears-hamad-to-vie-for-top-seat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Tanzania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-09-12T17:19:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/sites\/17\/2020\/09\/772b419b25e9932448a2e98090ff0eb6.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"988\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"546\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/zec-clears-hamad-to-vie-for-top-seat#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/zec-clears-hamad-to-vie-for-top-seat\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"ZEC CLEARS HAMAD TO VIE FOR TOP SEAT\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-12T17:19:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/zec-clears-hamad-to-vie-for-top-seat\"},\"wordCount\":364,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/zec-clears-hamad-to-vie-for-top-seat#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/sites\/17\/2020\/09\/772b419b25e9932448a2e98090ff0eb6.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Hamid Mahmoud Hamid\",\"Seif Sharif Hamad\",\"ZEC\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/zec-clears-hamad-to-vie-for-top-seat#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/zec-clears-hamad-to-vie-for-top-seat\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/policy\/zec-clears-hamad-to-vie-for-top-seat\",\"name\":\"ZEC CLEARS HAMAD TO VIE FOR TOP SEAT - 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