Controversy dogs Tanzania's draft constitution

15 October 2014
Zanzibar
Zanzibar
<p>Tanzania's new draft constitution, which is yet to be put to referendum, has already run into hot water, with some members of the Constituent Assembly (CA) complaining they never endorsed it as alleged by the authorities.&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em;">"I did not participate in any way in adopting this proposed constitution," Ambar Hamis, vice chairman of the National Convention for Construction and Reform (NCCR)-Mageuzi, an opposition party,&nbsp;told Anadolu Agency by phone from Dar es Salaam.</span></p><p>Hamis found his name on the list of Assembly&nbsp;members who had supposedly voted to approve the draft charter before it was handed over to President Jakaya Kikwete last week.</p>
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