The Anglican Council of Mozambique calls on the electoral bodies, and especially Bishop Carlos Matsinhe, to observe the electoral law and the practice of truth.

In a pastoral letter signed by Dom Vicente Msosa, vice-president of the Anglican Council of Mozambique, the highest deliberative body says that the Mozambican people expect honesty, integrity, transparency, respect and truth from the managers of the electoral process.

The Anglican Church in Mozambique regrets all situations relating to possible failures in electoral management and possible interference by other bodies outside the electoral process.

"To the National Electoral Commission, especially to Bishop Carlos Matsinhe, and to the STAE, the Anglican Council of Mozambique appeals for the observance of the electoral law and the practice of truth," reads the pastoral note quoted by "País".

"The Mozambican people, the voters, expect honesty, integrity, transparency, respect and truth from you. Jesus Christ exhorts humanity to know the truth, saying that the truth will set you free (Ev. John 8.32)".

The Anglican Council is calling on Mozambicans, voters and political actors to strive for peace.

"We call on the political parties to observe the electoral law and to use the institutions of justice in cases that they consider to be unjust or illegal. We urge you to do everything for the preservation of peace and all that you do, remembering that blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God." (St. Matthew 5:9). We make it clear that the CNE is an organ of the State and not of any religion or church, including the Anglican Church," the letter states.

The Anglican Council of Mozambique says that it has been following the pronouncements of Mozambican society, both inside and outside the country, reports of situations described as irregularities in the electoral process, associated with demonstrations and political protests.

"The situations described above constitute a sad and worrying scenario for society, for the country and for the world that longs to be where God is Lord," writes the Anglican Council.