The presidential candidate, Venâncio Mondlane, said this morning in Maputo that he had successfully managed to bring work activities in the country to a standstill at around 95%, with the remaining five percent being essential services. Mondlane calls the people's adherence to the call for protests a success because, according to him, they were...
Category: Special Elections
Police surround Venâncio Mondlane at his home in Maputo
Today, the Republic of Mozambique Police (PRM) surrounded the home of presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane in an attempt to persuade him to stay at home. "It took me a while to get there because there was a contingent surrounding me at my house. I only managed to lose them after about an hour," he said, after leaving...
PRM fires tear gas to expel demonstrators from the sit-in. There are detainees
The Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) have already started dispersing the demonstrators by firing tear gas at the spot where Elvino Dias, Venâncio Mondlane's lawyer and trustee, and the spokesman for the Podemos party, Paulo Guambe, were murdered. The demonstrators had been summoned by Venâncio Mondlane to gather there and start the march...
By the minute: follow the progress of the demonstrations against electoral fraud and murders
Elvino Dias was killed preparing a draft of PODEMOS' appeal to the CC
The National Electoral Commission is expected to publish the results of the October 9 general elections next Wednesday. Elvino Dias was drafting the PODEMOS party's appeal to be submitted to the Constitutional Council (CC) as soon as the CNE announced the results. With his murder, the...
General Elections: CNE says it is compiling data for the general tabulation of results
The National Electoral Commission (CNE) guarantees that it has received all the voting material for October 9 from the provinces and the diaspora, and is currently compiling the data for the general tabulation. These are ballot papers, minutes and notices used in more than 26,000 polling stations across the country...
"Elvino Dias' death aims to create chaos in the country and silence the fight for electoral justice"
The executive director of the Center for Democracy and Human Rights (CDD), Adriano Nuvunga, says that the death of Elvino Dias, lawyer for presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane and main legal advisor to CAD/PODEMOS and Paulo Guambe, PODEMOS candidate in the General Elections, is aimed at creating instability in the country for the benefit of a few people. "This death is aimed at creating chaos...
General Elections: PRM says it will not tolerate illegal demonstrations
The Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) has said that it will not tolerate illegal strikes and demonstrations by some parties and citizens contesting the election results. According to PRM spokesman Orlando Mudumane, who was speaking at a press conference in Maputo today (18), in view of the findings, incitement speeches and demonstrations that have taken place...
New Democracy says the General Elections were a "theatrical performance"
The president of the New Democracy (ND) party believes that the General Elections of October 9 were a "theatrical" staging. Salomão Muchanga warns that Mozambicans are being pushed towards a revolution. In a report published by Radio France Internationale (RFI), the president of the New Democracy party, Salomão Muchanga, stated unequivocally that the...
Venâncio Mondlane reiterates total stoppage of activities on Monday, but there will be no destruction of property
The presidential candidate, Venâncio Mondlane, reiterated this Thursday (17) that a nationwide strike will take place, paralyzing all public and private activities, next Monday (21), in repudiation of the preliminary results of the General Elections that gave victory to Frelimo and its candidate, Daniel Chapo. "We are reaffirming in all letters,...