By Kelvin Wilson Kasiwulaya The European Parliament (EP) on Thursday condemned the deepening political repression in Tanzania, declaring that the country’s current electoral environment had rendered the vote process neither free nor fair, posing a severe threat to multi-party democracy in the East African nation. In a resolution adopted by lawmakers in Strasbourg, the EU body expressed grave concern over what it described as an escalating crackdown by authorities on opposition leaders, human rights defenders, and media outlets ahead of the country’s upcoming elections. The EP resolution specifically cited the politically motivated arrest and treason charges against a prominent opposition figure, warning that the continuous suppression of dissent turned the electoral exercise into a hollow spectacle. “When the fundamental rights of political parties to assemble, campaign, and monitor the polls are systematically denied, the entire basis of democracy is compromised,”