The presidential candidate, Venâncio Mondlane, announced today in a "live stream" "from an unknown location" his arrival in Maputo city on November 7th.

The independent candidate, backed by the Podemos party, will be in the Mozambican capital to join his supporters, who have immediately followed his directives to go on strike in favor of electoral truth.

"I had to leave to organize the ideas and the plan [for the struggle], and now that the plan is underway, it will happen and culminate on November 7, I, Venâncio Mondlane, will be in Maputo city on November 7. I'm going to be part of the march in Maputo City. I'm going to be there with the people, in the great flood that we're going to make in all the streets of Maputo city. I'll be there very early, before 8 o'clock, I'll already be on the streets of Maputo city with the people so that we can hold this march and mark the moment when power is returned to the people," he announced.

According to the candidate, this fight, as well as being for the restoration of electoral truth, is for respect for the fundamental freedoms of Mozambicans.

Mondlane left Mozambique days after the murder of his representative and lawyer, Elvino Dias, and the representative of the Podemos party, Paulo Guambe, on October 18. He said that he had been receiving proposals to abandon the cause and death threats, but that he preferred to be out of the country so that he could contribute in the best way to ensuring that the electoral institutions restored and respected the will of the people.

Mondlane claims to be the legitimate winner of the presidential elections, as well as the Podemos party of the legislative elections, in the general elections of last October 9. This occurred before the results were centralized by the National Electoral Commission.

During the broadcast, he reinforced his call for his supporters and society in general to continue to stand firm in the marches over the coming days.

"It's a sacrifice that we have to consent to in order to be freed from the shackles that have bound us for 50 years," he recalled.