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By Mwinyi Sadallah, IPPMEDIA
Zanzibar Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Othman Masoud Othman has said the present form of the Union Government whereby President of Zanzibar is no longer Union Vice President following the 11th constitutional amendments is inappropriate.
Othman, presenting a paper at the Isles EACROTANAL centre, said the amendments effectively ended the Union because the Zanzibar President no longer has a say in the Union Government.
According to the DPP before the changes, the Isles President was part of the Union Government and took part in major decisions in Government of the United Republic. He added that the present arrangement does not present the sense of unity between the two parts of the union.
He explained that based on the present constitution, the President of Zanzibar has limited powers even in the isles affairs since he is not a member of the cabinet and has no executive powers in the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar.
Lets ask ourselves, what important role does the Union Vice President have when he isnt a member of the cabinet; he has no authority whatsoever in Zanzibar, he stressed.
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Zanzibar Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Othman Masoud Othman has said the present form of the Union Government whereby President of Zanzibar is no longer Union Vice President following the 11th constitutional amendments is inappropriate.
Othman, presenting a paper at the Isles EACROTANAL centre, said the amendments effectively ended the Union because the Zanzibar President no longer has a say in the Union Government.
According to the DPP before the changes, the Isles President was part of the Union Government and took part in major decisions in Government of the United Republic. He added that the present arrangement does not present the sense of unity between the two parts of the union.
He explained that based on the present constitution, the President of Zanzibar has limited powers even in the isles affairs since he is not a member of the cabinet and has no executive powers in the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar.
Lets ask ourselves, what important role does the Union Vice President have when he isnt a member of the cabinet; he has no authority whatsoever in Zanzibar, he stressed.
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