Tanganyika Law Society president Fatma Karume speaks during a press conference in Dar es Salaam yesterday. Left is the executive director of Twaweza, Mr Aidan Eyakuze, and right is the Legal and Human Rights Centre’s director of Advocacy and Reforms, Mr Fulgence Massawe. PHOTO | SAID KHAMIS
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In their joint statement to members of the press, the heads of the CSOs said the bill is ominous to the country’s competitive democracy – and goes against the very concept of multiparty politics.