DAR ES SALAAM, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Philip Mangula, the Deputy Secretary General of Tanzania's ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) on Sunday warned members of the party against disclosing names of candidates selected to vie for various posts in the October 2020 general elections.
"Decisions on candidates that the party is nominating to contest in the forthcoming general elections should be kept secret until the time for making the names public," Mangula said at the party's women wing congress in the capital Dodoma.
He said leaking the party's decisions made in closed door meetings, including nomination of candidates for contesting various posts in the forthcoming general election, could weaken the party.
"Punitive measures will be taken against leaders or members of the party who are implicated in leaking its secrets," warned Mangula.
Mangula urged CCM's wings, including the women wing, to start getting prepared for the forthcoming elections which he said the party was expected to sweep a landslide victory.
Queen Mulozi, the Secretary General of the CCM's Women Wing, said the wing has well-prepared to ensure the party recoded a massive win.
On Saturday, CCM Secretary General Bashiru Ally predicted a landslide victory in the October 2020 general elections.
Ally said sound implementation of the party's manifesto by the current government was a sure ticket to winning the forthcoming general elections.
