Dar es Salaam, April 19 -- TANZANIA: The debate on the form and content of Tanzanias constitution and democracy has been on the agenda throughout the six decades of independence.

In the recent process of transition since the 1990s, a series of political reforms such as introducing multi-partyism have been undertaken with the view of widening the space for democracy.

In February 1991, the President of Tanzania set up a commission to collect the views of Tanzanians regarding multiparty and one-party politics and to derive recommendations therefrom. The report of the commission was published in 1992.

Since then, several opposition parties have been registered.

Tanzanias second-biggest opposition party, Alliance for Change and Transparenc...