President directs NEC to build HQ in Dodoma

PRESIDENT JOHN POMBE MAGUFULI

PRESIDENT Magufuli has pledged 12bn/- for the construction of National Election Committee headquarters, which he proposed to be built in Dodoma. The money comes from NEC own saving from 2015 General Election that was handed over to the president early this month.

President said when receiving the General Election report from NEC at an event held today at Diamond Jubilee in Dar es Salaam.

President Magufuli also thanked the Commission for the job well done. He also thanks political parties, security forces, and the media for their efforts in making sure that the election was peaceful and accountable.

“Many of the observers from outside commended that the election was fair and free, except very few, who for them, in order an election to be free, the ruling party must lose, but if the ruling part wins, the election to them is unfair,” Dr Magufuli said.

The president asked the opposition side to stop politicking around so that he as the newly elected president can get enough time to fulfill his promise to the electorate.

“I would not like to see any one holding me back from fulfilling my pledges to my voters. I would not like to see any one holding me back from fulfilling my pledges to my voters”, repeated the president.

He added: “In every country in the world, even those which are highly democratically advanced, after election, the politics are ceased and people start working to deliver and develop their country … every day politics, politics, when will people get time to cultivate?”.

President Magufuli also assured the retired president that they will stay in peace, regardless of all the words that people have been throwing against them.

“Making the retired presidents live well is my duty, no one will disturb you, you have been doing a commendable job, but as Ben Carson, prominent American author once said “Even if you dance on waters, haters will accuse you of raising the dust”.

Earlier in his speech Judge Damian Lubuva said that after the commission had finished working for election, they are now focused to the referendum for the new constitution which is to be resumed any time from now.