By PIUS RUGONZIBWA
A MEETING BETWEEN PRESIDENT JAKAYA KIKWETE AND OPPOSITION LEADERS ENDED
AMICABLY ON TUESDAY WITH IMPORTANT AGREEMENTS REACHED ON HOW BETTER THE
WRANGLE ON THE CONSTITUTION (AMENDMENT) BILL 2013 COULD BE SOLVED ONCE
AND FOR ALL.
President Kikwete shakes hands with Mr Tundu Lissu (Centre) Looking on is Mr James Mbatia.
A statement released by the Directorate of Presidential Communications
as soon as the meeting ended, said that since political parties were
important stakeholders in the new constitution making process, they
should immediately forward their views to the government on how best the
Bill can be improved for the good of the process and that of the entire
country.
“The president and the parties have agreed in principle that all
political parties with more views on the Bill should forward them to the
government immediately so that they can be accommodated to improve it,”
read the statement in part.
The meeting also saw the need for the parties to meet and forge regular
communication strategies among themselves on how best the process can be
mutually and amicably pushed.
Moreover, the meeting challenged the Tanzania Centre for Democracy (TCD)
to coordinate the new move, including preparing meetings with parties
and other stakeholders over the matter.
Comments