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2015 Tanzanian constitutional referendum attempt

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60: 1076: 788: 422: 546:, the president of Tanzania, warned that the lead-up to the referendum was seeing increased tensions between Muslims and Christians that could lead to an increase in violence between followers of the two religions. In early April, the government announced that it was indefinitely postponing the referendum as it had not received enough "biometric voter registration kits" for the vote to take place. 553:
announced that his government will ensure that the constitutional referendum is accomplished while praising his predecessor for successfully initiating it. The National Electoral Commission's (NEC) Chairman (retired) Judge Damian Lubuva had also announced that the referendum process will resume by
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In April 2014 the three major opposition parties walked out of the Assembly, claiming their suggestions for reform were being ignored. In September of that year the assembly vote in favor of reforming the constitution.
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reviewing the Constitutional Referendum Act, 2013, after which, a date for the referendum will be officially announced by both the NEC and its Zanzibari counterpart ZEC.
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on 30 April 2015. However, delays to voter registration led to it being postponed, and as of 2021 the vote has still not been rescheduled.
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As of 2020, the referendum is still supposed to occur at some point in the future, but no date has been announced.
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Tanzania's existing constitution dates back to 1977. Efforts to rewrite it began in July 1998 under President
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in December 2013. The draft was then presented to a Constituent Assembly consisting of MPs, members of the
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A referendum on the new constitution was scheduled to take place on 30 April 2015. In late March,
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A requirement that there is a 50/50 split of men and women in the
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Allowing presidential election results to be legally challenged
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Limiting the number of ministers a president can appoint
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A constitutional referendum was planned to be held in
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In June 2016, the country's newly elected president,
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The creation of an Independent Electoral Commission
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Index

Swahili
Politics of Tanzania

Constitution
Human rights
Government
President
list
Samia Suluhu Hassan
Vice-President
Philip Mpango
Prime Minister
list
Kassim Majaliwa
Legislature
Speaker
Job Ndugai
Judiciary
Chief Justice of Tanzania
Ibrahim Hamis Juma
Court of Appeal
High Court
Elections
2015
2020
2025
Political parties
Subdivisions
Regions
Districts

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