Frelimo, the ruling party, on Thursday rejected accusations that it had committed fraud in the October 11 local elections, maintaining that it won the vote on merit. After the results were announced, Frelimo's representative on the National Electoral Commission (CNE), Verónica Macamo, who is also the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, said...
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Local elections: Decision to invalidate ballot in Chókwè overturned
The Constitutional Council (CC), which is exclusively responsible for validating elections in Mozambique, yesterday annulled the decision to invalidate the ballot in Chókwè, which had been taken by a district court. According to the CC, it is exclusively up to the body to annul elections, although it admits the existence of irregularities raised by the opposition that will be evaluated in...