Tanzania’s electoral commission said it had disqualified opposition presidential candidate Luhaga Mpina for the second time on Monday, reversing a decision made two days earlier approving his nomination.
The disqualification of Mpina, who leads the country’s second largest opposition party, leaves President Samia Suluhu Hassan a clear run at next month’s election, with only candidates from smaller parties in the race.
The vote will also be held without leading opposition party CHADEMA, which was disqualified in April after failing to sign the electoral code of conduct as part of its call for electoral reforms.
The CHADEMA presidential candidate, Tundu Lissu, has been in jail for over five months after being charged with treason in April. He has denied the charges.
