'No Reforms, No Election': Lissu's slogan leads to warning in treason trial
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Tanzanian opposition leader and former presidential candidate of CHADEMA party, Tundu Lissu, reacts at the Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, June 2, 2025.
Opposition leader Tundu Lissu was formally cautioned by the Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court for chanting his party’s slogan, 'No reforms, no election', while in the dock during his treason trial.
The magistrate ruled that the trial would begin as soon as he took his seat.
The court heard that Lissu was accused of making seditious statements in April 2025 with the intention of inciting public disruption of the upcoming general election through civil disobedience.
Dar es Salaam. The chairman of the opposition party Chadema, Mr Tundu Lissu, was yesterday cautioned by the Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court after chanting the party’s slogan “No reforms, No election” while standing in the dock in a treason case against him.
Tanzanian opposition leader and former presidential candidate of CHADEMA party, Tundu Lissu, reacts as he arrives at the Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania June 2, 2025.
