The prime minister has promised to take initiative of advising the President to start a process of reviewing the Constitution, following on going calls the existing Constitution is faulty and lacking.
Speaking at a press conference with in his office in Dar es Salaam on Friday, Premier Mizengo Pinda explained that people should not get impression that the government was reluctant to change the Constitution.
“I do not see any difficulty of dealing with this issue, since we already have some recommendations from the two commissions which were not implemented, so we can start from there,” observed Mr Pinda.
He said that he would advise the President Kikwete to form a team consisting of different experts who will advise the government on what should be done on the issue.
“They will tell us on whether we need a new constitution or just to amend what we have and specific issues to be addressed. Thereafter we can decide on whether to take the matter for public discussion or through their representatives,” he explained.
The prime minister admitted that the calls for constitution review were logic and legitimate, saying his initiative aims at putting the on going debate to rest.
Debate for overhauling of Constitution has attracted different legal experts following the just ended general elections, as some political parties fault structure and independence of the National Electoral Commission (NEC).
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