A public procurement process at the Housing Development Fund (FFH) caused a loss of 14 million US dollars for the state, the Center for Public Integrity (CIP) revealed today. In 2013, the state received a loan of 47 million US dollars from the Exim Bank of India for the construction of 1,200...
GCCC reveals evidence of corruption in public procurement for the production of faulty 5th and 6th grade textbooks
The Central Office for Combating Corruption (GCCC) today revealed evidence of corruption in the design and preparation of school books for the 5th and 6th grades in 2022, compliance with public procurement procedures and bribery payments. The GCCC said in a press release that it had become aware...
Maputo: Three young men arrested for embezzling more than six million meticais from a bank
The National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) arrested three citizens in Maputo, aged between 30 and 35, for embezzling more than six million meticais from a local bank through electronic fraud. The accused took advantage of the failure of the banking system and went to a gambling house to place bets...
Matola: GCCC closes case of millionaire fraud in public tender
The Central Office for Combating Corruption (GCCC) has concluded that there was no crime in the Matola City Council's award of a public tender to MCNET & AXIS SOLUTIONS. After investigations, the GCCC closed the case. The tender was for the Design, Development and Operationalization of an Integrated Municipal Management System (SIGEM). O...
Electoral consortium says electoral law favors Frelimo
The electoral consortium, Mais Integridade, says that the Electoral Law and its judicial system are biased in favor of the ruling Frelimo party. This conclusion follows the discovery of irregularities during the repeat vote for local elections in Marromeu, in Sofala province. The Mais Integridade observers concluded that the irregularities...
Local elections: Arrests for attempted fraud and riots in Gurué
Of the four detainees, one was caught with pre-filled ballot papers and the other three were involved in popular unrest during the voting process. The information was provided this morning (11.12) by Sala da Paz Observers, who quoted a permanent officer from the Gurué District Command. According to the source quoted, the...
Municipal elections/Marromeu: PRM agent reveals Frelimo order to commit electoral fraud
A police officer from the Republic of Mozambique, resident and registered in the city of Beira, in Sofala, was assigned to work in Marromeu, where he unsuccessfully tried to vote. He said that he had been authorized by the Frelimo party leadership to commit the electoral offence, according to the Electoral Bulletin of the Centre for Public Integrity. Still in Marromeu,...
Local elections: Teacher caught and beaten introducing ballot papers in favor of Frelimo in Gurué
A teacher was caught introducing ballot papers into one of the polling stations where the repeat municipal elections are taking place in Gurué, Zambezia province. Information circulating says that the ballots were for the Frelimo party. A video shared on social media shows the flagrant...
Venâncio Mondlane says the CC's request for minutes and public notices will prove that the election results were tampered with
Renamo's list leader for Maputo city, Venâncio Mondlane, says he is convinced that with the request for minutes and public notices by the Constitutional Council (CC), electoral fraud can be proven. "Our focus now is to request, to recommend to the CC to ask the Frelimo party to present minutes and public notices," he said...
NGO reveals that CNE stole 180,000 votes from Renamo and caused it to lose five municipalities
The Center for Public Integrity, through its CIP elections bulletin, reveals that the National Electoral Commission (CNE) promoted the defeat of the Renamo party in five municipalities in the country through the theft of 180,000 votes and the addition of ghost voters. By comparing the results presented by the CNE and the...