Registrar halts Chadema subsidy, party fights back with legal threats

Dar es Salaam. The Office of the Registrar of Political Parties has announced that it will withhold government subsidies to the opposition party Chadema, citing the party’s failure to comply with directives concerning its top leadership appointments.

The Registrar’s move comes after Chadema resolved not to respond to a letter directing the party to convene its National Council to formally endorse members of its Central Committee and Secretariat. The party’s Central Committee argued that the Registrar does not have legal authority to determine its internal leadership structure.