Petition to Block Diamond Platnumz from BET Awards Reaches 16K.
The petition was launched by the Change Tanzania Movement, which is not happy with Diamond's political views - The singer is accused of befriending late president John Pombe Magufuli, who the petitioner claims was a dictator - So far, the signatures have reached 16k and continue to pour in as several activists fight to ensure he does not win.
The petition was launched by Change Tanzania Movement, and it aims to ensure Diamond is disqualified from the competition. The movement was founded by Tanzanian activist Marian Sarungi Tsehai, whose aim is to ensure the singer does not come out on top in the Best International Act category.
It claims the singer used his popularity to "whitewash and deodorise the brutal repression" of the late president and his regime without asking question...