Tanzania: Court Throws Out Constitutional Petition Against Premier Pinda

<p>The High Court on Friday rejected a constitutional petition lodged by the Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) and Tanganyika Law Society (TLS) challenging statements made in the National Assembly by the Prime Minister, Mizengo Pinda, allowing the police to beat up violent demonstrators.</p><p><br><br>A panel led by Principal Judge Fakih Jundu and comprising Judges Augustine Mwarija and Dr Fauz Twaib struck out the petition, ruling that the two petitioners, which are corporate bodies, had no locus standi to institute the petition.</p>
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