Gangi Longa
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DAILY NEWS Reporter,
19th February 2010
TANZANIA can promote the agenda of good governance because it enjoys the highest press freedom in the East African region, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Mr Bernard Membe said in Dar es Salaam today.
Mr Membe said such freedom has enhanced free flow of information and promotion of good governance.
He was responding to the Swedish Ambassador, Mr Staffan Herrström, who sought clarification as to why 'KULIKONI' newspaper was suspended despite the record of a high press freedom in the country.
The minister was briefing the envoys who represent their governments here on the development of good governance in the country. Mr Membe said the Government neither censored nor limited the media from doing its work.
Tanzania media enjoys the most freedom, with this freedom the public has access to information on government operations, corruption scandals and political issues unlike our counterparts in the region, he said.
Mr Membe commended the media for, for instance, the work well done to cover the Richmond scandal that culminated into debates and later in clear and logical conclusion.
Different issues including the Richmond scandal were brought to the publics eye by the media, debated and later concluded logically and amicably. Mr Membe maintained that 'Kulikoni'was suspended due to a breach of law.
The minister denounced the ongoing debates on closure of Richmond and private candidacy as irrational.
The minister said the Parliament raised concern that it had been satisfied by the action taken by the Government in implementing some of the 23 recommendations.
Regarding the CCM rift, he told the envoys that the party was threatened by a sharp and wider division in the parliament but not by the nationwide party membership.
Richmond was not shot down as the debates go in press and in the public but was logically concluded for the Government to take over pending issue for further action, he said.
Mr Membe said the Government did deny the responsibility to implement independent candidacy, but was defending the Constitution.
According to the minister, the Constitution clearly stipulates that the President of Tanzania will come from one of the political parties.
We have the mandatory role to defend the Constitution, unless the court judgment is made in favour of a private candidate and the Constitution is changed, he said.
He ruled out the possibility of having a private candidate in the forthcoming general elections because time required to change the constitution was not enough.
There is a little chance for a private candidate to come up in this general elections because of constitutional change process, he said.
Source: Daily News
19th February 2010
TANZANIA can promote the agenda of good governance because it enjoys the highest press freedom in the East African region, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Mr Bernard Membe said in Dar es Salaam today.
Mr Membe said such freedom has enhanced free flow of information and promotion of good governance.
He was responding to the Swedish Ambassador, Mr Staffan Herrström, who sought clarification as to why 'KULIKONI' newspaper was suspended despite the record of a high press freedom in the country.
The minister was briefing the envoys who represent their governments here on the development of good governance in the country. Mr Membe said the Government neither censored nor limited the media from doing its work.
Tanzania media enjoys the most freedom, with this freedom the public has access to information on government operations, corruption scandals and political issues unlike our counterparts in the region, he said.
Mr Membe commended the media for, for instance, the work well done to cover the Richmond scandal that culminated into debates and later in clear and logical conclusion.
Different issues including the Richmond scandal were brought to the publics eye by the media, debated and later concluded logically and amicably. Mr Membe maintained that 'Kulikoni'was suspended due to a breach of law.
The minister denounced the ongoing debates on closure of Richmond and private candidacy as irrational.
The minister said the Parliament raised concern that it had been satisfied by the action taken by the Government in implementing some of the 23 recommendations.
Regarding the CCM rift, he told the envoys that the party was threatened by a sharp and wider division in the parliament but not by the nationwide party membership.
Richmond was not shot down as the debates go in press and in the public but was logically concluded for the Government to take over pending issue for further action, he said.
Mr Membe said the Government did deny the responsibility to implement independent candidacy, but was defending the Constitution.
According to the minister, the Constitution clearly stipulates that the President of Tanzania will come from one of the political parties.
We have the mandatory role to defend the Constitution, unless the court judgment is made in favour of a private candidate and the Constitution is changed, he said.
He ruled out the possibility of having a private candidate in the forthcoming general elections because time required to change the constitution was not enough.
There is a little chance for a private candidate to come up in this general elections because of constitutional change process, he said.
Source: Daily News
