Renamo President Ossufo Momade could lose benefits worth 71 million meticais a year if his party loses its position as the second most voted member of parliament. The political formation could also see its powers of legislative influence, such as appointing the second vice-president of the Assembly of the Republic, appointing judges...
Ossufo Momade, the leader of what used to be Mozambique's main opposition party, Renamo, has resigned, according to the electoral bulletin of the Centre for Public Integrity (CIP), a Mozambican non-governmental organization. According to the same publication in its Tuesday edition, Ossufo Momade tendered his resignation during a meeting...
Bitone Viagem, a political analyst with the Mais Integridade Electoral Consortium, believes that the centralized results of the October 9 general elections did not exceed expectations. "In general terms, we should appreciate this electoral feat by the Podemos party, and regret this historic one by the giant called Renamo," he said. The results were presented by the National...
Renamo party representative Geraldo Carvalho said today in Maputo that the centralized results announced by the National Electoral Commission (CNE) are taking the people back to a one-party era. For Carvalho, "this is playing with the Mozambican people. This is pulling the Mozambican people towards one-party rule". The CNE announced today the results of the...
In Maputo today, Renamo condemned all the acts of repression perpetrated by the Republic of Mozambique Police (PRM) against defenseless citizens protesting against electoral fraud and the murder of Elvino Dias and Paulo Guambe. The party spokesman said that citizens were treated brutally when they were fighting for equal rights. "This brutality does not...
The continuity of Ossufo Momade as president of Renamo will be debated at a forum of the political formation itself, according to spokesman Marcial Macome. This is a reaction to the protests by various members of the political grouping, including those who sit on its National Council. They are demanding Momade's immediate resignation in the hope of rescuing the...
Senior Renamo member Alfredo Magumisse points the finger at party president Ossufo Momade and the entire administrative team for the poor results in the 2024 general elections. According to Magumisse, the party leader, the political commission and the congress approved an electoral manifesto that was marginal to the reality of Mozambicans. This led to the...
The Renamo party urges its members and sympathizers to distance themselves from acts that disrupt the day-to-day activities of the population. The political grouping encourages its members not to promote violence, which could damage the image of the party and its president, Ossufo Momade. To this end, the party is calling on...
The Judicial Court of the Alto-Molocué District has ruled in favor of the appeal filed by the Renamo party in the electoral dispute over the elections held on October 9. In the appeal, Renamo claimed that its candidate delegates were prevented from participating in the crucial moment of the tabulation of results, which prevented them from confronting...
The results of the national count so far point to a historic negative result for Renamo. According to the bulletin of the Center for Public Integrity (CIP), which is monitoring the elections, these results mean that Renamo is no longer the main opposition political force in the country for the first time since 1994. PODEMOS passes...