Zanzibar President Dr Ali Mohamed Shein
Among issues that Dr Shein is expected to address is the coalition
government as the vacancy of the First Vice President remains open after
the appointment of Ambassador Seif Ali Iddi as Second Vice President.
House of Representatives clerk Yahya Khamis Hamad briefed the press that
Dr Shein would address the house on Tuesday.
“I have the honour to announce to you that Dr Shein will deliver
his inaugural speech since he was re-elected on Tuesday,” he said.
Meanwhile, former Zanzibar Law Society President Awadhi Ali Said
called on Dr Shein to find the best way of continuing with the GNU so as
to avoid another political stalemate in the isles.
However, the ZLS former president stressed that the amendment of
the 2010 constitution had only considered one opposition party, Civic
United Front (CUF), leaving others aside.
“They had only looked at the present political situation at that
time by considering one party and putting the others aside without
realising that things may change unexpectedly,’’ he said.
According to him, the government should change some sections of the
constitution that were amended to accomodate small opposition parties
by allowing them to join the coalition.
Following the nullification of October 25 General Election in 2015
due to a number of irregularities, Zanzibar conducted re-run polls in
March 20 whereby the Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC) chairman Jecha
Salim Jecha announced incumbent President Ali Mohamed Shein the winner
after garnering 91.4 per cent.
Despite Dr Shein’s victory, the isles have been left in another
political stalemate after none of the opposition camp, beside the main
opposition Civic United Front (CUF) which boycotted the election re-run,
hardly got the share of votes required by the Isles constitution to
form a government of national unity (GNU).
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