Renamo, the main opposition party, said today that it "will not recognize the results of the census" for the local elections on October 11 if there is no "immediate correction" of the irregularities in the voter register. "What is happening with this census is an organized disorganization. That's why Renamo won't recognize...
Ossufo Momade confirms closure of the last Renamo military base
The leader of the Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo), Ossufo Momade, confirmed on Wednesday that the headquarters - the party's last military base - in the Gorongosa mountains, in Sofala province, will soon be closed. "The base is going to be demobilized, and those who are there are going to be demobilized. Everyone is going to go to...
Last Renamo base will be closed in June, guarantees Nyusi
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, said on Monday (22) that the last military base of the Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo), the main opposition party, should be closed next June, and that the legal process for paying pensions to the movement's former guerrillas is currently underway. Nyusi was speaking in Geneva at a press conference to take stock of...
Renamo says it has guarantees for pension payments to ex-guerrillas
Renamo, the main Mozambican opposition party, has backed down on the condition that it will disable its last base only after it starts paying pensions to former guerrillas, after receiving assurances that there are funds, an official party source said today. On Tuesday, the Mozambican head of state, Filipe Nyusi, and the leader of the Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo),...
Renamo contests the proposed creation of the sovereign wealth fund and wants an autonomous entity to manage it
Renamo, the main opposition party, yesterday contested the proposal to create a sovereign wealth fund for the country, arguing that it should be managed by an autonomous entity instead of the central bank. According to Renamo, the draft law deposited in parliament and awaiting discussion in the chamber, "does not create a mechanism...
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...
Decentralization: Ivone Soares defends active participation of Civil Society
The MP and senior member of the Renamo party, Ivone Soares, said that the country needs to be refounded, rebuilt, something that according to her, will not happen if there is no active participation from civil society. Ivone Soares, who was speaking to the television channel Media Mais TV, says that the opposition has been...
District elections: Renamo says results of CRED are unclear
Renamo, the second largest opposition party, says that it does not recognize the results of the CRED because the commission itself is "unconstitutional". According to Renamo, the financial reasons given in its report are unclear. The commission to reflect on the pertinence of holding district elections in 2024 has produced results that do not recommend...
RENAMO's electoral inspector denounces assault by police and other irregularities
An electoral inspector for the Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo) said today that he was "brutally beaten" by police officers when he tried to prevent the irregular registration of people from outside the municipal radius at a registration office in central Mozambique. Augusto Macorreia said he was "dragged on the ground" out of the registration office and "beaten"...
Government and Renamo continue to argue about the end of the integration process of former guerrillas
A tug-of-war may have broken out between Renamo and the government over the issue of pensions for the guerrillas of that opposition party, which Ossufo Momade is demanding be paid unconditionally, while the Executive argues that payment should begin after the closure of the last guerrilla base, in Gorongosa, in the center of the country. A...