This Wednesday (8), the Center for Public Integrity (CIP) submitted to the Constitutional Council the electoral observation and parallel counting report for the October 11 local elections.

The document contains the irregularities found on the ground, from the census process to the general tabulation. The CC was also sent data from the parallel count carried out by the CIP and copies of the notices used.

The CIP states in the document that the results of the local elections in certain municipalities (Maputo, Matola, Quelimane, Nampula and Chiúre) do not reflect the will of the voters and that the actions of the electoral bodies had a negative influence on the electoral process, which could contribute to increasing the discredit of these bodies and reducing the level of voter participation in the next elections.

Therefore, the Integrity Center recommends that the Constitutional Council: (i) Verify the data presented by the CIP regarding the PVT, comparing the CNE data and the data sent by the CIP, so that the disparity in votes obtained by the political parties can be clarified. (ii) Investigate the irregularities and electoral illicitities reported and how they affected the electoral process as a whole. (CIP)