The Constitutional Council (CC), in its capacity as an electoral court, has ordered the National Electoral Commission (CNE) to send the original minutes and public notices of seven provinces regarding the October 9 general elections within eight days.

These are documents from polling stations, districts and provinces in Maputo city and the provinces of Maputo, Gaza, Inhambane, Tete, Zambézia and Nampula.

"Having examined the documents submitted by the National Electoral Commission, under Article 12(2) of the Electoral Law, with a view to Validating the Results of the General, Presidential, Legislative and Provincial Assembly Elections held on October 9, 2024, the Constitutional Council requests, under the terms of Article 48(1) of the Organic Law of the Constitutional Council, the Minutes and Public Notices of the partial tabulation (carried out at the polling stations) and the Minutes and Public Notices of the intermediate tabulation (carried out at the polling stations).The Constitutional Council requests, under the terms of Article 48(1) of the Organic Law of the Constitutional Council, the Minutes and Public Notices of the partial tabulation (carried out at the polling stations) and the Minutes and Public Notices of the intermediate tabulation (carried out by the District or City Election Commissions)," reads the CC's order.

The document issued yesterday (Wednesday 30) by the CC states that it is in the process of evaluating the documents submitted by the CNE to validate the results of the general elections.