With the owl perching above the assembly, Tanzanian parliamentarians agreed to amend the act  a step that critics regard as a serious weakening of the multiparty system in Tanzania, and thus also democracy.
Wakati bundi akiwa ametua kwenye jengo la Bunge, wabunge wa Tanzania walikubali kurekebisha sheria hiyo  hatua ambayo wakosoaji wanaiona kama itadhoofisha sana mfumo wa vyama vingi nchini Tanzania, na hivyo kuathiri mwenendo wa demokrasia nchini.