Tanzania Draft Charter Proposes Federal System, Vote Challenges

Tanzania’s new constitution would see the government adopt a federal structure and change the law to allow presidential-election results to be disputed in court, according to the draft document.

East Africa’s second-biggest economy will hold national elections next year. President Jakaya Kikwete, of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party that along with its predecessor, the Tanzania African National Union, has ruled since independence, is scheduled to step down after his two-term limit.