Its LIPUMBA or SLAA today

It is the final day when the parties forming the Citizens Constitutional Union (UKawa) to name its candidate for presidency.

So they became final within the expected conclusion of the tension that existed between the CUF Chairman, Professor Ibrahim Lipumba who has taken the form to run within the coalition and the candidate named by Chadema, Dr Willibrod Slaa.Another who took form in the coalition is Dr. Kahangwa of NCCR-Mageuzi.

Whoever emerges in the battle with the official announcement today, he is going to compete in another final against CCM candidate in the General Election to be held on October 25.

Dr Slaa, who ran for president for the first time in 2010 to provide stiff opposition to President Jakaya Kikwete and Professor Lipumba who has tried his luck four times, 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010 and now he wants to try for the fifth time.

They have raised domestic tensions persisted sessions and many delegates were given the opportunity to stop Chadema presidential candidate of the Alliance after CUF given the opportunity to stop the Zanzibar presidential candidate.

Last Saturday, the committee's chief leaders of parties forming the coalition, NCCR-Mageuzi, Chadema, CUF met NLD and morning and evening they agreed to give an assessment of the presence of all the members and leaders of the parties that their candidate will be announced today.

Announcing the decision, Professor Lipumba explained to journalists that there are elements of bargaining between the parties but does not create problems, that they are together and they will give a joint response.

Approximately two weeks now, officials may have to have a deep discussion about sharing the states which so far have agreed to 97 percent and failing to reach agreement on the presidency due to the tension between Chadema and CUF.

Chairperson of Chadema, Freeman Mbowe told this newspaper yesterday that today's session is in stagnant and insist that they are still undergoing negotiations.

"Tanzanians wait for tomorrow (today) we'll announce. You know in politics at 24 may be 24 months Politics is politics and everything is possible in politics, "he said.

Today before naming a candidate for the presidency, they became leaders will have a discussion session that will provide direction to the coalition with information from within the appropriate parties acknowledging that there is still won.