Current events in Tanganyika continue to raise concerns as the provincial assembly has remained closed for several months. This decision, taken by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Interior, was aimed at preventing any disturbance to public order. However, this measure raises many questions from civil society activists who fear the consequences for the September parliamentary session.
Despite the steps taken by the caucus of national deputies of Tanganyika to find a solution to this institutional crisis and obtain the reopening of the provincial assembly, no favorable outcome has been found so far. A fact-finding mission was even commissioned by the Senate last July, but civil society activists are still awaiting the outcome of this approach.
Concern is growing in particular in the face of the parliamentary session which will take place in September and which is of great budgetary importance. Indeed, with the closure of the provincial assembly, some fear that the local executive can no longer be effectively controlled.
It should be remembered that the institutional crisis between the provincial government and the Tanganyika assembly led to the decision to close the latter on May 12, taken by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Interior.
It remains to be hoped that solutions will be found in the coming months to allow the reopening of the provincial assembly and guarantee the proper functioning of democratic institutions in Tanganyika. The stakes are high and it is crucial that political actors find common ground for the good of the population and the province.