This Tuesday, the MDM party appealed to the Constitutional Council to restore "electoral truth", accusing the Beira District Electoral Commission of having diverted votes in favor of the ruling party. The representative of the Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM), the party that was declared the winner of the election in that city...
Judicial Court orders recount of votes in all Matola municipalities
The Second Chamber of the Matola Judicial Court today ordered a recount of the votes in all the polling stations in the Matola municipality. The decision follows an appeal lodged by the Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM), in which it denounced irregularities during the vote count. "In the light of democratic principles and...
MDM members accused of kidnapping acquitted
The Beira court today acquitted the two members of the Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM) accused of kidnapping a Frelimo member during the campaign for the local elections on October 11. According to the Lusa news agency, in reading out the decision, the judge in the case, Tomé Valente, justified the acquittal by...
Seven MDM members arrested on the 2nd day of the election campaign
The Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM) announced yesterday in the city of Beira the arrest of seven party members by the police, accused of having violated electoral law. "We have to announce the arrest of our party members in the districts of Chiure, in Cabo Delegado, and in the district of Beira, in Sofala," said Lutero Simango,...
Teacher caught collecting cards from voters in Homoíne
A teacher was caught collecting voters' cards to count votes in favor of the Frelimo party. As a result, according to the Public Integrity Center's Election Bulletin, at the end of Wednesday (06.09) there was unrest at the District Police Command in the town of Homoíne, in Inhambane. To get their way, or...
Ballot papers: MDM remains in first position and Renamo rises to second
The Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM) remains in first place on the ballot paper for the local elections. Renamo has risen to second place and Frelimo has fallen to third. According to the draw, the MDM remains in first position, followed by Renamo, which, in the previous draw, was in third position after...
Local elections: MDM unites with the Electoral Union
The Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM) and the Electoral Union, made up of 12 parties, announced their coalition for the local elections on October 11. With this coalition, the Electoral Union will support the party led by Lutero Simango in 62 municipalities, which should be run by the MDM and in the remaining three,...
MDM defends frank dialog between Government and medical profession to resolve strike
The president of the Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM, opposition), Lutero Simango, called on Thursday for a frank and open dialog between the Mozambican government and Mozambican doctors, in order to resolve the strike by these professionals, which began on July 10. According to Lutero Simango, the strike affecting the public health sector throughout the country...
MDM expresses dissatisfaction with voter registration to the President of the Republic
The leader of the Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM), Mozambique's third largest parliamentary force, yesterday expressed his dissatisfaction with the anomalies in voter registration at a meeting he held with the Mozambican head of state. "We took the opportunity [the meeting with the head of state] to express our concern about the way in which voter registration...
Two more clandestine registration posts in Tete and Maganja da Costa?
On Sunday night, Renamo and MDM inspectors discovered two more clandestine electoral registration posts set up in homes in Moatize, Tete, and Maganja da Costa, Zambezia. The brigades justified the fact that they were registering at the community leader's house because of the distance between the school where the...