Tanzania, July 6 -- Dar es Salaam. Suspended Civic United Front (CUF) deputy secretary general for Zanzibar, Mr Faki Suleiman Khatib, has spoken about the suspension saying it's time others held the position.

The suspension was announced by party chairman Prof Ibrahim Lipumba who said it's one of the resolutions reached by the party's governing council to strengthen operations.

Khatib - who is seeking his party's nomination to run for the Zanzibar Presidency in the next elections - is the second leader to be suspended within a week after the party's deputy chairman (Zanzibar), Abbas Juma Muhunzi, was suspended for alleged ethical violations.

"I don't exactly know my mistake but I see it's time for others to take up the position. Probably...