Tanzanian opposition presidential candidate Tundu Lissu has called on the international communtiy to come to Tanzania’s rescue claiming that the polls have been marred by rigging cases by the Magufuli led CCM.
“This was not an election by both Tanzanian and international laws. It was just a gang of people who have just decided to misuse state machinery to cling to power,” Mr Lissu, the candidate for the Chadema party, said.
Maalim Seif Sharif, the main opposition presidential candidate on the semi-autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar, has been arrested shortly after saying that the polls had been rigged and calling for mass protests.
There have been cases of violence in the semi automomous Zanzibar where security forces have been captured beating up people.
Preliminary results so far indicate that Magufuli is leading but opposition candidates led by Tundu Lissu have vowed not to accept the results.
