Magufuli 2.0: A more nuanced approach?
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Helen Jones.
President John Magufuli won 85% of the Presidential vote, and the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party won in excess of 95% of the parliamentary seats in Tanzania’s 2020 elections.
As has become de rigueur in African politics, however – and now in the US – the results have been clouded by allegations of vote rigging, coercion and police brutality. After the elections, several key opposition members, including Chadema’s Presidential candidate Tundu Lissu, left the country.
However, with claims for an annulment of results or re-run failing to gain significant traction within Tanzania or among Tanzania’s key donor partners, the next question is what will Magufuli’s second term in office will look like.