If the people of Zanzibar have been robbed of their choice, we will not accept it.

The election is not a tsunami where you need the help of an army to rescue people.

CUF has reason to believe the governments of Zanzibar and Tanzania are planning to rig or to spoil the election in Zanzibar using the security forces.

Despite the massive attempts of rigging, our returns indicate our presidential candidate has won with a very small margin.

We were also denied a total of 116 results forms from different polling stations in 11 rural constituencies.

We do not think it is now an opportune moment to call for nationwide strikes. We have to explore other avenues.