Renamo will soon release the results of the October 9 general elections based on the parallel count it carried out, the party's representative, Geraldo Carvalho, revealed today. He said that this will be done when the party makes an official announcement about the general elections. "We're still counting, and...
The country could experience shortages of basic foodstuffs and essentials if the demonstrations continue to disrupt the normal functioning of institutions and commerce. The warning comes from businesspeople in Maputo province who recently held a meeting with the Governor, Manuel Tule, asking him to intervene with the population...
The Constitutional Council (CC), in its capacity as an electoral court, has ordered the National Electoral Commission (CNE) to send the original minutes and notices from seven provinces relating to the October 9 general elections within eight days. These are documents from the tabulations at the polling stations, districts and provinces in Maputo city...
The government and the Mozambican business community are urging public and private sector workers to go to their usual places of work on the days announced for the march. "We encourage the private sector to convey this message to workers. As a government, particularly in the economic area, we encourage companies, public institutions and workers to remain active...
Renamo President Ossufo Momade could lose benefits worth 71 million meticais a year if his party loses its position as the second most voted member of parliament. The political formation could also see its powers of legislative influence, such as appointing the second vice-president of the Assembly of the Republic, appointing judges...
The Optimist Party for the Development of Mozambique (Podemos) PODEMOS, which supports the presidential candidacy of Venâncio Mondlane, assures that it will not go alone to the third phase of protests scheduled to begin this Thursday, against the election results announced by the National Electoral Commission (CNE). In a DW publication, PODEMOS spokesman Pires Eugénio...
Ossufo Momade, the leader of what used to be Mozambique's main opposition party, Renamo, has resigned, according to the electoral bulletin of the Centre for Public Integrity (CIP), a Mozambican non-governmental organization. According to the same publication in its Tuesday edition, Ossufo Momade tendered his resignation during a meeting...
The president of the Mozambican Medical Association (AMM), Napoleão Viola, said yesterday that there is a "clairvoyant" possibility that the police force deployed to repel demonstrations in the country fired with the intention of taking the lives of the demonstrators. This is the "conclusion" of a technical reading by doctors after witnessing the entry of patients wounded by bullets from...
The third phase of peaceful marches promoted by the independent candidate for President of the Republic, Venâncio Mondlane, will last eight days, starting on October 31 until November 7. "I'm here to announce, for all of you, the march to Maputo, or on Maputo, which will start on Thursday, October 31st, and will...
The Mozambican Bar Association (OAM) believes that the current socio-political situation in the country is the responsibility of the National Electoral Commission (CNE) and the Technical Secretariat for Electoral Administration (STAE) for failing to act in accordance with the law when it comes to investigating electoral offenses. "This lack of transparency on the part of the...