Five years ago, when I was elected, I had the feeling that the president doesn't have much to do. I've realized, though, that this is not a rubber-stamp position.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I am ready and prepared to work with the President, but I will not be a rubber stamp for any president.
Any time a president is re-elected, he has a little more political clout to get things done.
The job of president is to motivate, to inspire, to be side by side with people making sure that they develop all their capacities and that I remove all the obstacles they have to grow by themselves.
The presidency is not an office job.
I'm not a rubber stamp, and people know that. If you can convince me of the merits, you will have my vote every time.
I want no presidency; I want to do my duty. No denunciations here, or out of this House, can deflect me a single inch from going directly at what I aim, and that is, the good of the country. I have always acted upon it, and I will always act upon it.
Bouncing a sitting president requires conscious action, a national decision to redirect the country's course. This cuts against the grain, and that's why incumbents have a natural advantage.
A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.
The presidency is not an office job. If I only sit in the office in Dar es Salaam, I'm not running the country. I visit the country to inspect development programmes, to inspect activities, to see how things are going, how the government agenda is being implemented, what are the teething issues.
The U.S. needs to do more than change presidents. It needs to change its political culture.
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