An economic operator is receiving death threats for giving up rooms in his pension to host members and supporters of the Podemos party. The case took place in Marrupa, in Niassa province. Podemos is the political party supporting Venâncio Mondlane's independent candidacy for the Presidency of the Republic. The economic agent, according to the Boletim de...
Category: Special Elections
Graça Machel says she supports Daniel Chapo and points to the fight against corruption as a priority
The widow of the first Mozambican President, Samora Machel, and historic Frelimo party activist, Graça Machel, has released a video in which she presents her support for presidential candidate Daniel Chapo. "Comrade Chapo, you are my candidate, you are the candidate of the entire Machel family, not only because you are the candidate of the Frelimo party, but above all...
Election campaigns: Parties ignore accessibility issues for people with disabilities
People with physical limitations (especially wheelchair users) and cognitive limitations (sight, speech and hearing) are not counted in the inclusive accounts when it comes to political campaigning for votes. The Mais Integridade Electoral Consortium revealed today in Maputo that political parties have often failed to consider issues of accessibility of space and information...
Election observers condemn rise in hate speech between political parties
Hate speech marked the second week of the electoral campaign for the general elections on October 9 in a negative way, according to the Mais Integridade Electoral Consortium. Speaking today in Maputo, at the presentation of the results of the second week of the vote hunt, MISA Mozambique's Executive Director, Ernesto Nhanale, lamented the fact that supporters of...
Video: Teachers mobilize students to vote for Frelimo
Two teachers from the Industrial and Commercial Institute of Nampula appear in a video in full political gear, trying to convince students at the institution to vote for the Frelimo party. They were trying to persuade the students with arguments that the technical-vocational education they attend is the work of a government led by a political party,...
European Union recommends online publication of election results
The European Union Observation Mission is recommending that Mozambican electoral bodies publish the results of the general elections on October 9 online. The recommendation was made during the presentation on Tuesday in Maputo of its structure and working methodology during the elections. In fact, the Union Mission...
Renamo promises to end kidnappings and corruption if it wins the elections
Renamo promises to put an end to kidnappings, abductions, robberies and murders in the country if its presidential candidate wins the elections on October 9. According to Renamo's district delegate in the city of Inhambane, Joaquina Jasse, this is a priority for the government to be set up by Renamo over the next five years. In her interaction...
Frelimo, Renamo and MDM have no clear proposals for the agricultural sector
The three political parties, Frelimo, Renamo and Movimento Democrático de Moçambique (MDM), which had parliamentary seats in the last elections, do not present clear proposals for the development of the agricultural sector. This is the finding of the Centre for Democracy and Human Rights (CDD), which analyzed the election manifestos of the three political parties. "Although there is a...
Ossufo Momade prevented from staying overnight in hostel where he had already paid for services
The President of Renamo, Ossufo Momade, and the entourage that is accompanying him on the day of vote hunting, were prevented from staying overnight yesterday at a resort that provides lodging services in Namapa, Nampula province. According to the party spokesman, who was also there, Renamo's decision was to...
Students adrift while teachers take part in Frelimo campaign
Frelimo party candidate Daniel Chapo is campaigning in Inhambane province for the Presidency of the Republic. This Monday he visited the district of Maxixe. Election observers from the Center for Public Integrity (CIP) found that state institutions, including public schools, had been abandoned because staff had gone to attend a rally...