The President of the Republic, Daniel Chapo, says he has not been contacted by a mutual friend of his and the politician Venâncio Mondlane to move forward with a dialog aimed at pacifying the current political, social and economic situation in Mozambique.

In an interview with CNN Portugal, Chapo said that he will make efforts to find out what the "ghost friend" is about and stressed that the government's focus at the moment is on pacifying the country.

"I've also heard about these contacts, but this mutual friend hasn't contacted me yet. I'll find out who it is. I'm sure this mutual friend will contact us. From there we'll know what the message is, and based on that message we'll work to pacify the country. Our objective at the moment is peace and the political, economic and social stability of the country," he said, stressing that he was open to dialog with Mondlane.

Venâncio Mondlane, who claims to be the country's President, elected by the people, recently said that he will set up a Shadow Government. Some governance measures could be put forward this Monday, as he promised.

In this regard, Chapo, legitimized by the Constitutional Council, says that there is an occasion for the existence of shadows, but he believes in clarifications that will help to understand what a state is.

"In the Constitution of the Republic of Mozambique there is no article that says that a Head of State takes office in a market or airport. Therefore, in the Republic of Mozambique there is only one President of the Republic and he is the one who forms the Government, is the Commander-in-Chief of the Defense and Security Forces and the guarantor of compliance with the Constitution of the Republic of Mozambique," he said.

Chapo warned that any parallel activity, such as that proposed by Venâncio Mondlane, "is illegal" in a country that respects the law, such as Mozambique.