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Forum => Kenya Discussion => Topic started by: RVtitem on August 20, 2016, 03:29:25 PM
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Is it justified?
Opposition Parties in the so-called ‘developed’ countries have always drawn a clear distinction between party interests and national interests, a factor often overlooked in many of the ‘developing’ countries.
Some of Tanzania’s current Opposition Parties, CHADEMA being the clearest case in this regard, are at risk of not making this distinction. CHADEMA is intent on “preventing the Government from governing through endless demonstrations”, to quote Edward Lowassa from his interview telecast in AyoTV.
I am afraid Mr Lowassa is wrong; the brief of any Opposition is not to paralyse the Government and prevent it from doing its work, which is clearly acting against State interests and should not be allowed.
The duty of any opposition is to provide constructive criticism of the government’s programmes and to offer an alternative vision for their country. The Tanzanian intelligence system is not blind and it is fully aware that CHADEMA on its own is incapable of disrupting this great nation of ours.
Our only advice to outside nations that are close to us both politically and economically and may be considering supporting CHADEMA’s actions, is that Tanzania’s traditional guiding principle of Self - Reliance “Kujitegemea” has not been changed by the passage of time and remains an integral part of our Tanzanian DNA.
http://dailynews.co.tz/index.php/analysis/52768-magufuli-remarkable-crusader-for-social-justice