The Episcopal Conference of Mozambique, representing the Catholic Church, condemned the barbaric murder of two political figures, recalling other murders of figures linked to opposition parties that took place in the aftermath of previous elections. "However, in the aftermath of the elections, violence has once again been resorted to, and now it has been tainted with a...
The election results released by the Provincial Electoral Commissions (CPE) throughout the country are fraudulent, according to the Mais Integridade Electoral Consortium. According to the Director of Mais Integridade, Edson Cortês, the data released by the CPEs are out of line with the notices in the hands of observers, and do not reflect the will of the voters. "One more...
Renamo, the largest opposition party in Mozambique, wants major changes to the electoral law to avoid a repeat of the fraud and misconduct seen in the 2023 local elections. According to the CIP Bulletin on the Electoral Process in Mozambique, Renamo is calling for greater transparency and a ban on...
This Wednesday in Maputo, the Renamo party accused the National Electoral Commission (CNE) and the Technical Secretariat for Electoral Administration (STAE) of deliberately changing the names on the voter registration lists to benefit the Frelimo party and called on them to change their "fraudulent" stance. "We have name problems here. There's nothing wrong with that...
Celso Correia, director of the electoral campaign, denies being at the root of the fraud in the local elections held on October 11. In fact, Correia, who often appears as the central figure in the alleged electoral fraud in the sixth local elections supposedly carried out by Frelimo, says that his party does not tolerate fraud. "The competent institutions...
The vice-president of the CNE, Fernando Mazanga, says he is ashamed to be part of the National Electoral Commission (CNE) because of the body's ability to commit "cinematic" electoral fraud. Quoted by O País and STV, the Renamo party member said in an interview that in the October 11 elections, the fraudulent maneuvers were...
In Mozambique, more than 20,000 telephone frauds occur every three months, according to the Director of the Telecommunications Traffic Communication Unit at the Communications Regulatory Authority. As Adilson Gomes explained, these frauds are due to non-credible registrations of subscribers to telecommunications services. Quoted today by Rádio Moçambique, more...
Members of the school boards in the administrative post of Megaza, which is about 45 km from the district headquarters, are accused of electoral offenses. Their names were on the lists sent to the census offices in the municipal area to be dealt with as cases that deserved priority. There are 41 civil servants from the...
The Center for Public Integrity (CIP) warns of the possible counting of 90,000 illegal votes in Zambezia province in favor of the ruling party, Frelimo, especially in districts where there is an equal number of voters, such as Alto Mulócuè and Gurué, in the October 11 elections. The NGO recently said that in...
The Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo), the largest opposition party in Mozambique, has filed an appeal with the National Elections Commission (CNE) over alleged fraud in the voter registration process. According to the Center for Public Integrity (CIP), the issue is the movement of voter registration machines (mobiles ID's); the registration of voters outside...