The Frelimo bench in the Quelimane Municipal Assembly called the press yesterday (04) to express its "displeasure" at the absence of Manuel de Araújo, the mayor, from the body's first session. According to a report in the newspaper "O País", the session was scheduled for March 13, but was postponed to March 28...
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Court clears Manuel de Araújo in defamation and slander case
The Judicial Court of Quelimane acquitted Manuel Araújo, the mayor of that municipality, of the crime of defamation and slander that he was accused of by the President of the District Electoral Commission (CDE). The president of the Quelimane district commission, Zacarias Muheia, accused Manuel de Araújo of defaming him on social media after the election results of...
Manuel de Araújo accuses CNE of "criminal conspiracy"
The re-elected mayor of Quelimane, Manuel de Araújo, on Thursday accused the National Electoral Commission (CNE) and its executive body, the Technical Secretariat for Electoral Administration (STAE), of acting as a criminal conspiracy to harm opposition political parties in the October 11 local elections. Upon taking office for...
Manuel de Araújo: It's "extremely" urgent to solve Renamo's problems
The mayor of Quelimane, Manuel de Araújo, says that the solution to the crisis in which Renamo is immersed is for Ossufo Momade and the chairman of the National Council to urgently convene a meeting of this body to analyze the life of the party, including the question of the next general elections in Mozambique. A...
Flour from the same bag: Roque Silva and José Manteigas are anti-democrats, according to Manuel de Araújo
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...
Nyusi used political trickery to appoint Renamo member as ambassador
The President of the Municipal Council of the city of Quelimane, in Zambézia, Manuel de Araújo, congratulates the attitude of the President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, in appointing Eduardo Namburete as Mozambique's ambassador to Algeria. "I want to congratulate President Nyusi for being inclusive and appointing Mr. Eduardo Namburete as Mozambique's ambassador...
Manuel de Araújo admits to running for Renamo president
The Mayor of Quelimane, Manuel de Araújo, today admitted the possibility of running for the presidency of the largest opposition party, Renamo. "If none of them answer, then I'll have to move forward or I'll support others who answer these questions," said the mayor, quoted today by RTP. He cautions...
Quelimane has been in better hands, according to MDM
The spokesman for the Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM) party, Ismael Nhacucue, says that the municipality of Quelimane, in Zambezia, was once better governed, unlike today, when it is run by Renamo. The MDM was in charge of Quelimane's municipal administration with Manuel de Araújo as mayor (2011/13 and 2013/18). However, it lost...
Manuel de Araújo says Renamo spokesman violated statutes
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...
Manuel de Araújo protests against Renamo's silence on Raúl Novinte case
The elected mayor of Quelimane, in Zambezia province, criticized the silence of Renamo, the largest opposition party in Mozambique, in the case of the house arrest of the mayor of Nacala-Porto, Raúl Novinte, accused of inciting violence. Manuel de Araújo expressed his disappointment last Saturday in Nacala-Porto, where...