Corruption in Mozambique "is an installed reality," tells us Francisco Paulo, director of the office of Manuel de Araújo, mayor of Quelimane.

Parliament approved by consensus the revision of the Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Law. A law that will strengthen the legal framework to fight corruption.

"Corruption in Mozambique is a true fact and it takes someone to be on top of the phenomenon to stop corruption," Francisco Paulo, the chief of staff in the city of Quelimane in Zambezia province, points out to RFI.

For the first time, the bill plans to make it mandatory for churches, NGOs and foundations to make their accounts public, to prevent money laundering. "It is true that there is a lot of circulation of money in an unrelated way. Corruption has been very, very, very, but very cherished," he confirms. The leader of the opposition wing, Renamo, leaves examples: "people give money to teachers, without asking, to the police, without anyone asking. It is something that has been normalized," he laments.

The director of the office also reminds that it is up to the authorities to be vigilant. Mozambique "is a poor country, but in our poverty we should have an opposite lineage and not opt for corruption. The authorities should be on top to stop this evil", he concludes.

The government wants to review laws to implement a new legal order in the country regarding the increased circulation of weapons in the country, allowing Mozambique to act more quickly in implementing UN resolutions and freezing assets derived from money laundering or intended for terrorist financing.