The Tanganyika Law Society has managed to have an audience with the President of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu at the state house in Dodoma, where the country’s bar association presented their report on the current political situation.
The meeting between President Samia and the TLS President comes ahead of the planned ‘polls’ slated for October 2025.
President Samia posted on her twitter (X) account about the meeting with the TLS leaders in Dodoma but did not explain further.
However, Advocate Boniface Mwabukusi, the President of the Tanganyika Law Society who became the envoy for delivering the message from TLS to the Head of State at Chamwino in Dodoma, wrote about the event.
“We presented the report from the compiled opinions, suggestions and advice from various groups regarding the state of the nation, cases of abduction, enforced disappearance and the importance of ensuring that the environment for free and fair elections is created prior to the planned polls,” revealed Mwabukusi.
Previously, the TLS President addressed the public through a press conference and stated that the National Bar Association has already conducted sessions with all important institutions in the country including religious organizations, political parties, members of the media fraternity and even members of the public.
“We have compiled a report from the session and have sent the same to the President of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu,” Mwabukusi explained.
During the press event, Mwabukusi pointed out that at the moment in Tanzania; there is a trend to criminalize political statements.
“Majority of the people, institutions and organizations have unanimously stated that even the treason case filed against Tundu Antiphas Lissu, the chairperson of the main opposition party CHADEMA was politicized.
“It is also not fair to lock up the main contestant in the polls and grounding all political activities of the main opposition party, and then organize a one-sided general election,” warned the TLS president.
“We are also concerned about the recent statements from the police, threatening to shoot and kill people during the elections,” said Mwabukusi.