2009
DOI: 10.1080/00344890903257409
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Independent Electoral Commission in Tanzania: A False Debate?

Abstract: The electoral discourse in Africa today is dominated by the question of the 'independence' of an electoral management body as one of the prerequisites for free and fair elections. The central issue in the discourse is 'what constitutes the basic tests of an independent body'. By overemphasising the structures and legal framework of an electoral body, institutionalists assume that the actors and the electoral body are distinctive. Drawing from the 'institution-actor dichotomy' frame of analysis, this article ar… Show more

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“…These include the appointment procedures of the commissioners, lack of independent finance, lack of security of tenure of office by commissioners, and the utilization of senior government personnel at the regional, district and constituency levels. Under such circumstances, all stakeholders, except CCM, view NEC as partial (Makulilo 2009).…”
Section: Rules Of the Gamementioning
confidence: 99%
“…These include the appointment procedures of the commissioners, lack of independent finance, lack of security of tenure of office by commissioners, and the utilization of senior government personnel at the regional, district and constituency levels. Under such circumstances, all stakeholders, except CCM, view NEC as partial (Makulilo 2009).…”
Section: Rules Of the Gamementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Based on these criteria, I would argue that TEMCO stood on the side that viewed NEC as an independent organ. Applying TEMCO's criteria for assessing the independence of NEC as was the case with the 1995 and 2000 elections, Makulilo (2009) finds that NEC is yet to be independent since such factors have remained unchanged.…”
Section: Election Management Bodymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Likewise, election results in many African countries have been contested by the losing side, mostly the opposition. Tanzania is not an exception (Paget 2021;Killian, 2009;Makulilo, 2009). Similarly, political neutrality of state security organs in Africa is also in question.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%