The judge-advisers of the Constitutional Council (CC) should serve a non-renewable term of nine years, as opposed to the current five-year renewable term, according to Albano Macie, a judge-adviser to the body.

"If it's true that the expectation of renewal of mandates jeopardizes the independence of the judge-advisors, then we believe we should move to a system where they can have longer terms and no possibility of renewal," he said, quoted by the News.

He was speaking in Maputo last week during a seminar celebrating the 20th anniversary of the CC. On the occasion, he noted that there are countries where the judge advisors have a long, non-renewable mandate.

The current model for appointing advisory judges to the CC is for a five-year term, in accordance with the Constitution.

The President of the Republic appoints the President of the CC; the Assembly of the Republic appoints five judge-advisers, according to the criterion of proportional representation; and one is appointed by the Superior Council of the Judiciary.