Filipe Paúnde, a member of the Political Commission of the Frelimo party and head of the central assistance brigade for Nampula province, says that his party is always open to dialogue, but not to negotiating power with the candidate supported by PODEMOS, Venâncio Mondlane, who, in his justification, was elected for another term as a result of popular decision..

Filipe Paúnde, who used to be Frelimo's secretary-general, made this statement at a press conference on Wednesday (30), following his arrival in the city of Nampula for a visit to the province that aims, among other things, to thank members and supporters for their trust in the Frelimo party and its candidate Daniel Francisco Chapo.

"Let's not confuse dialogue with negotiation. Frelimo has always been about dialog, but be careful not to confuse dialog with negotiation, dialog is about us all being at peace, because the Mozambican people put millions of votes into Frelimo, which gave them 195 deputies, the Mozambican people voted more than 4 million for Daniel Francisco Chapo, who gave them 70%. We're talking about why Frelimo can't talk to Venâncio and why Venâncio can't talk to Frelimo - where is Venâncio now?" said the politician, quoted by the portal. Ikweli.

Paúnde criticizes Venâncio Mondlane's tendency, which is supposedly aimed at destroying Mozambique. "It's my question, he could say look we're all brothers, I'd say the country comes first, which is Mozambique. If I'm a citizen, I'm not interested in destroying Mozambique, for whatever reason, I'm building Mozambique, when people start burning down houses, burning private and state vehicles, are they building Mozambique? So you have to know that some actions have already left the political sphere for the criminal sphere."

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