Renamo's spokesman, José Manteigas, classifies the party's MP, Venâncio Mondlane, as "a chameleon" and that he cannot be trusted because of his ability to join different parties. The MP's political history includes a stint in the Frelimo party, the Democratic Movement of Mozambique - where he was a member of parliament and a candidate for the municipal elections in the city...
Renamo President Ossufo Momade is distancing himself from statements made by spokesman José Manteigas about him being the only candidate to succeed himself as party leader. Speaking in an interview with STV on Wednesday, Ossufo Momade said there had not yet been a party council to decide who the party's next candidate would be and...
This morning, 02.02, the Renamo party denounced alleged "discrimination against employees" in the Civil Service because of their party preferences. The denunciation comes in the wake of seven teachers complaining of arbitrary transfers in Vilankulo, Inhambane province, allegedly for political reasons The party spokesman, José Manteigas, quoted by the O...
The mayor of Quelimane, the capital of Zambezia, Manuel de Araújo, says that the Secretary General of the Frelimo party, Roque Silva, and the Renamo spokesman, José Manteigas, are anti-democrats. "It's not enough for Renamo to say it's the Father or Mother of democracy, it has to appear and show its day-to-day actions. And there is something I condemn, the...
The spokesman for Renamo, the largest opposition party in Mozambique, José Manteigas, assures that internal democracy prevails within his political grouping, attested to by the full functioning of all internal bodies. The spokesman's reaction comes in response to the controversy created by the announcement of Ossufo Momade as a candidate for this year's presidential...
The mayor of Quelimane, Manuel de Araújo, says that Renamo's spokesman, José Manteigas, violated the statutes by announcing the current president, Ossufo Momade, as a presidential candidate before this year's congress. "If you read the party statutes, you'll notice that either my friend José Manteigas doesn't know the statutes...
The spokesman for Mozambique's largest opposition party, José Manteigas, says that Ossufo Momade is the party's only candidate with the requirements to run in the presidential elections. In an interview with the newspaper "O País", and in a clear hint to the supporters of Venâncio Mondlane's candidacy, Manteiga said that running in the local elections was not...
Renamo, the largest opposition party, yesterday called the closure of the party's last base under the peace agreements "an unknown". "This is beginning to be an unknown: they are murdering our demobilized members," said José Manteigas, the party's spokesman, during a press conference in Maputo, at which he denounced the alleged murder of a...
Renamo spokesman José Manteigas denied allegations that 12 million meticais belonging to the party had been embezzled, saying that they were made by a registered person who is no longer part of the Renamo ranks. Meanwhile, it is known that Renamo is managing a case of embezzlement of funds allocated to the Office of the Party President,...
The President of Renamo, the largest opposition party in Mozambique, Ossufo Momade, has dismissed the secretary-general of the organisation, André Majibire, in a decision for which "the dynamics of the party" was a factor, said a spokesman for the party yesterday. José Manteigas told Radio Mozambique that Majibre stepped down as secretary-general of Renamo on Friday, on the...