CCM will accept and respect views of the majority after the constitution review process, the party’s Ideology and Publicity Secretary, Mr Nape Nnauye, said in Dar es Salaam.
Mr Nape Nnauye
Mr Nnauye also appealed for tolerance among Tanzanians with different views in the ongoing process, saying the party secretariat, Central Committee (CC) and National Executive Committee (NEC) will meet from August 20 to 25, this year and assess their members’ views. He, however, did not reveal the venue of the meeting.
“Our members and the associations under CCM are through with collection of views at ward and regional levels. Views collected in wards and regions will be deliberated on at national level and come out with a compact document to be given to the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC),” he said.
He said CCM members should freely air their views, people were supposed to come up with different ideas, views and opinions. He said CCM would not force the CRC to go for the party’s recommendations.
Mr Nnauye said it would not be possible to have a constitution draft that will be agreed by everyone at once since people have different opinions but strive to have in place a basic law that caters for interests of the majority.
He said his party does not have grudges with the CRC despite having different views on the constitution draft, especially on the Union structure. “We go for two Union governments against the CRC proposed three-government system, but that does not mean that we do not trust the commission,” he stressed.
Mr Nnauye also underscored the need to observe patience and tolerance in the views collection process, saying logical argument should prevail instead of attacking personalities.
This is the first time that Tanzanians have been fully involved in the writing of their constitution. In the past the government used to come out with a White Paper or Green Party.
By NELLY MTEMA, Tanzania Daily News
