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CCM warns against factions within the party
The
ruling CCM has warned its members against focusing their attention on the 2025
General Election, calling on them to direct their energies to the forthcoming
intra-party elections.
Yesterday, CCM secretary general Daniel Chongolo cautioned its members to also
stop scheming against one another because a good leader will only be chosen by
his integrity and capacity to serve his people.
He said: “In this party no one is better than the other as all have the
same rights, and when a position is vacant all members have equal chance to
contest.
It
is a constitutional right to vote and be voted for,”
“Because now people are looking forward to 2025, dreaming for ward councils or
MP seats, we don’t have the inadequacy yet so you should all focus on the
ongoing elections inside the party, stop forming fractions or groups for the
future,” said Mr Chongolo.
The party secretary general was speaking during the welcoming ceremony for the
new party’s vice chairman, Mr Abdulrahman Kinana, who was elected on April 1,
2022 to succeed Philip Mangula who resigned.
Mr Kinana garnered 100 percent of all the 1, 875 votes that were cast during
the party’s general meeting in Dodoma recently.
Speaking yesterday during the welcoming event Kinana also pleaded with members
of the party to come forward and contend for different seats that are
available.
“I would like to plead for two special groups, one being that of youths and
women as we want to see many women in leadership positions in the country, so I
urge you to compete and be given a chance to win,” he said.
Mr Kinana made a comeback into the top seat at the party after his resignation
on May 28, 2018, something that sparked speculations that he was unhappy with
the then verification of party’s properties. He was also previously questioned
by the CCM’s Ethics and Security committee with fellow former secretary general
Yusuph Makamba after being implicated for conspiracy campaigns against the
party leader and Head of State President John Magufuli.
Speaking on current administration under President Samia Suluhu Hassan who also
serves as party’s chairperson, Mr Kinana said because of her and the good
response she has been receiving both domestically and internationally the
country has developed a lot in many aspects.
“Today many development partners have released a lot of funds to support
development efforts in the country and all is because of her policies,” said Mr
Kinana
Source: www.thecitizen.co.tz