BY Staff Writer
Dar es Salaam - Political analysts have unanimously agreed and vindicated the Secretary of the National Executive Council of CCM for Organization, Comrade Paul Chacha, for his bold and truthful statement that CCM is the owner of the TPDF, Police and National Security, saying Chacha has spoken the scientific truth about the fusion of party and state that many fear to say in public. According to analysts, Chacha is 100 percent correct, and even any opposition party that takes over the country will do the same and even more.
The debate that has divided social media for days has now been settled by experts. Speaking from different universities and political schools, analysts say Chacha did not make a mistake, he taught a political science class on how power works in Tanzania and the world. They say what Chacha said is not just politics, it is the reality of state power.
Dr. Johnson Willium, an Analyst of Comparative Politics and International Relations from Makerere University in Uganda, says Chacha has revealed the 50-year secret of CCM's rule and he is scientifically correct. Dr. Willium says, "All over the world from America, Russia, China and even African countries, the army is property of the party in power. This is a theory called State-Party Fusion."
He added "In America its army is owned by the Republican or Democrat in the White House. In Russia it is owned by United Russia of Putin. In China it is owned by the Communist Party. With the same logic, in Tanzania TPDF, Police and Security are property of CCM. Chacha is scientifically correct because the party is the one that appoints the Commander-in-Chief who is the Chairman of CCM. Without CCM, there is no TPDF. TPDF itself was founded by TANU which today is CCM. So history and the party constitution unite to make Chacha correct. TANU built the army to protect the revolution, and CCM inherited it."
For his part, Analyst Margwe, a specialist in State Politics and Governance, says Chacha's argument is the reality of any government in the world and even the opposition would do exactly the same if it took power tomorrow.
Margwe says, "Even CHADEMA, ACT-Wazalendo, or any opposition party that takes over the country tomorrow morning, the first thing it will do is own the TPDF, Police and National Security. No party will enter into power and then leave the army free and without a party. It must put things in order to protect its power and protect its leaders against its new opponents. So Chacha has said the truth that even the opposition itself holds in their hearts but they don't say it in public because of political hypocrisy. They pretend to be saints today but they will be worse tomorrow."
International politics analyst based in Mwanza, Migani Mugabe says there is no party in the world that can rule without owning the state organs. He says Chacha has understood Niccolo Machiavelli better than many professors.
"That is why even if the opposition gets the state, it will do like CCM. It will start ferrying people with buses and giving them allowances to come to its meetings, and it will use state organs to protect itself and to suppress its new opponents. This is the real science of politics, not paper words in class," he said
He noted: " Machiavelli said without an army there is no power. Without controlling the police and security, no party can survive even one week. So Chacha has not erred, he has taught a class on politics. The opposition attacks him because they know he is telling the truth they hide."
Veteran political analyst John Michael, who has studied Fifty Years of CCM in Power, says CCM has survived for five decades because it understands one secret that opposition parties do not understand. Michael says, "CCM has ruled for fifty years because it knows the secret of the state, the state is the army. CCM is the one that put all government leaders from the President, Ministers, Regional and District Commissioners. It is not the citizens who put leaders in office as people are deceived by Western theories of democracy, it is CCM that put them through its system. As Chacha said, this is Tanzania. Citizens vote but those votes are managed by CCM itself and its state organs. This is the truth that Chacha has said. Opposition wants to cheat young people that leaders come from the street. No. Leaders come from the party."
On the issue of ferrying people to rallies and giving allowances, the analysts also agreed with Chacha that this is global practice. Migani says, "There is no big rally in the world that is filled with people who come on foot. You must use buses and allowances. In America they call them campaign buses. In Britain they call it busing voters. Here in Tanzania it is organization. Chacha is right again. Even if the opposition takes over the country it will do the same, it will ferry people with buses. In fact, they already do it but they hide."
In conclusion, the analysts say the attacks on Chacha are hypocritical and driven by double standards. Any opposition party that takes power will own the TPDF, Police and Security and will ferry people with buses, because that is how power works everywhere. Chacha is right, and history proves him right. CCM is the owner of the state organs by history, by law and by political science. Anyone who wants to take power must understand this reality.




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