Give is Salaam, Tanzania – A Judge Court in Tanzania ordered Tuesday that an opposition leader who was accused of betrayal Last month he will be taken to the courts in person next month after he was hungry strike to protest against virtual audiences.
The opposition leader, Tundu Lissu, was arrested on April 9 after requesting electoral reforms before a general election in October and was accused of betrayal, a position for which the bond is not available.
Lissu’s party, Chadema, has been Franco on electoral reforms, arrests and arrests of opposition politicians before the vote in which President Samia Suluhu Hassan seeks elections after fulfilling the mandate of his predecessor.
Chadema officials were arrested Last month while leading the courts for a scheduled hearing in the case of Lissu’s betrayal. They were later released without being accused.
The Magistrates Court ordered on Tuesday to the prison authorities to present Lissu for a hearing of his case on May 19.
The magistrate said that the members of the public can attend the audience, unlike last month’s session, to which the public was prohibited by the police.
This will be the first time that Lissu will appear before the court in person from his arrest. The last hearing was canceled after he protested against a virtual audience.
During the weekend, Lissu’s lawyers had said it would embark on a hunger strike to demand that their case be heard in court and not practically.
The main lawyer Peter Kibatala, one of the 31 lawyers in the case, said they were not allowed to speak freely with his client in prison.
“The last time they forced us to carry out our English conversation,” Kibatala said.
Human rights activists have accused Hassan’s government of hard hand tactics against the opposition. The government denies the claims.
In 2017, three years before the last elections, Lissu survived an attempt to murder after receiving 16 times. His party has been critical of the laws that favor the CCM ruling party, which has been in power since the independence of Tanzania in 1961.
