Roundup: Tanzanian opposition party cements political base in Pemba

Xinhua News Agency | May 20, 2003 | Copyright

Roundup: Tanzanian opposition party cements political base in Pemba

by Sun Yongming

DAR ES SALAAM, May 20 (Xinhua) -- The Civic United Front (CUF), Tanzania's main opposition party, has fully demonstrated its political muscles in Pemba, the north island of Zanzibar by gaining a landslide victory in the by-elections held last Sunday.

According to the result announced on Monday by the Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC), the CUF swept all 15 seats of the Tanzanian National Assembly, the parliament, and 11 others of the Zanzibar House of Representatives.

The ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) ...

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