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Tanzania's Magufuli Wins Landslide Re-election

Charles Kombe

   DAR ES SALAAM - Tanzanian President John Magufuli has officially won a
   second term, with a landslide victory of more than 84% of the vote in
   this week's election. His main opponent, Tundu Lissu, earned 13% of the
   vote, according to the official count. Tanzania's citizens have
   accepted the results.

   Announcing the votes Friday in Dar es Salaam, the chairperson of the
   National Electoral Commission, Semistocles Kaijage, said 15 million of
   29 million registered voters went to the polls.

   Dar es Salaam resident Juma Mfaume, a 36-year-old bus driver and
   President John Magufuli supporter, said as the count was coming in, it
   was obvious Magufuli should win a second term.

   He said he deserved to win because citizens are all seeing all that he
   has done, said Mfaume, adding that he has managed to encourage even
   those who were not his followers to support him.

   Another Magufuli supporter, 29-year-old businessman Edward Mbise, said
   he is extremely happy about the results.

   "This was just normal. We all expected to win due to what he has done
   he was going to win this election," he said. Mbise adds that Magufuli
   has accomplished so many things that you can't even finish listing all
   of them.

   Magufuli's main challenger, Tundu Lissu, of the Party for Democracy and
   Progress, or Chadema, said the election was full of fraud, and he
   called on the international community not to accept the results.

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