Renamo condemned President Filipe Nyusi's refusal to promulgate the changes to the electoral laws that the Assembly of the Republic approved on April 30.

It is known that the President of the Republic sent the package of amendments back to Parliament on the grounds that it should be re-examined.

At a press conference in Maputo on Thursday, António Muchanga said that the amendments sent back by the President were approved unanimously - so Frelimo saw nothing wrong with them in April, and was surprised when Nyusi sent them back.

Muchanga said that the application of laws is a power of the courts, whether there are doubts or not. "We don't quite understand what the Head of State's doubts are about the same laws, given that they were approved by consensus in parliament," he added.

Renamo accuses Nyusi of vetoing the changes that allow fraud in the general elections scheduled for October 9.

"It seems to us that the intention, with this veto by the President, is for things to continue as they were in 2023 [during the local elections], to allow Frelimo to continue with the saga of fraud in the next presidential, parliamentary and provincial elections," said Muchanga.

The Frelimo parliamentary group, instead of sticking to the position it took in April, now says it will "thoroughly examine" Nyusi's arguments.

"We have received the request to re-examine this law, so we will work to evaluate the basis of the request," said the spokesman for the Frelimo group. Feliz Silva, quoted by the independent television station, STV.

If Nyusi's arguments were accepted, then the law would be re-examined - "otherwise, we will keep it as it is and ask for it to be enacted".

If the Assembly insists, it could override Nyusi's veto, and he would have no choice but to enact the changes.