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Tanzanian political leaders say the blame game must end as the country seeks a political reset

From The Citizen · () English

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  • Tanzanian political parties, government institutions, diplomats, civil society groups and religious leaders met in Dar es Salaam to discuss a political reset after the 2025 election.
  • Participants urged the country to move beyond blame and strengthen democratic institutions to prevent similar tensions and violence in future elections.
  • Juma Ali Khatib said Tanzanians should agree on practical strategies to ensure the problems seen after the election do not recur.

Tanzania’s political actors are being urged to stop reliving the blame over the 2025 General Election and turn instead to the harder task of preventing a repeat of the tensions and violence that followed the vote.

The appeal came in Dar es Salaam, where political parties, government institutions, diplomats, civil society organizations, religious leaders and other stakeholders gathered for a two-day National Conference organized by the Tanzania Centre for Democracy.

What happened has happened, we have all seen it. We are all adults; it does not please us.

· Juma Ali KhatibThe chairman of the National Council of Political Parties called for an end to recriminations over the election.

Juma Ali Khatib, chairman of the National Council of Political Parties, said the time had come for Tanzanians to stop pointing fingers and agree on measures to avoid similar problems in future elections.

“What happened has happened, we have all seen it. We are all adults; it does not please us,” Khatib said. “I think now is the time to sit together, as Tanzanians, and discuss the best way and strategies to ensure what happened does not happen again.”

I think now is the time to sit together, as Tanzanians, and discuss the best way and strategies to ensure what happened does not happen again.

· Juma Ali KhatibKhatib urged stakeholders to develop measures to prevent a repeat of post-election tensions and violence.
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