By Josephine Christopher
Dar es Salaam —
Former Singida East MP and Chadema presidential aspirant Tundu Lissu has
today July 21, said that court has never forfeited his bail terms.
Speaking through a
zoom meeting from Belgium, the outspoken politician said he plans to
land in Tanzania on Monday July 27, as a free man.
Mr Lissu faces six
criminal charges at the Kisutu Resident Magistrate Court in Dar es
Salaam and has been in Belgium since January 6, 2018 undergoing
treatment.
The former
legislator was shot multiple times by unknown assailants in Dodoma on
September 7, 2017 and was flown to Nairobi for treatment before heading
to Belgium for speacialised treatment.
"There are all
sorts of threats that if I return I shall be arrested and put in prison
on account of non-appearance in all six cases. The bail that I was
granted in all six cases has never been lifted, not a single one," he
said.
According to him,
he is currently a free man on bail as the resident magistrate court in
Dar es Salaam understands and has taken the judicial notice of the fact
and circumstances of his removal from Tanzania.
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"The court has
never changed the conditions of my bail. So, anyone thinking that I will
be arrested for not appearing in all the six cases, they'd better check
their law books again," he said.
He said if the
arrests are intended to prevent him from participating in the
forthcoming general election then it is something that he will address
as soon as he arrives.
Furthermore, Mr Tundu Lissu insisted that he is coming home regardless of his belief that his life is still in danger.
"The people who
wanted to take my life are still at large and police have not made any
arrests and considered the investigation over," he said.
He said that he will arrive at the Julius Nyerere International Airport grounds at 1pm aboard an Ethiopian Airways flight.
"I don't have the
resources to hire an army for my security so my life is in the hands of
the Tanzania's security and police forces," said Lissu.
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