The independent presidential candidate, Venâncio Mondlane, said this week that the post-election protests could continue for another two or three months. Quoted by the BBC, Mondlane explained that the demonstrations are the only way to put pressure on the Frelimo party to negotiate. The candidate supported by the Optimist Party for the Development of Mozambique (Podemos)...
Category: Special Elections
Government promises to go to any lengths to ensure public order and safety
The Defense and Security Forces (FDS) will use all the means at their disposal to guarantee public order and tranquility, even if this implies strict compliance with the oath of their agents, according to the Executive. "The actions of the FDS and the sacrifices made by its members stem from their oath to consecrate...
Renamo, MDM and ND defend annulment of October 9 general elections
The annulment of the elections is the way to end the demonstrations, according to the Renamo, Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM) and New Democracy (ND) parties. According to the Secretary General of Renamo, Clementina Bomba, the country has never held free, fair and transparent elections and what happened on the 9th was a crime against democracy....
Repeating elections is a remote possibility for Podemos, says Forquilha
The President of the Optimist Party for the Development of Mozambique (Podemos), Albino Forquilha, said today in Maputo that the only way to stop the wave of demonstrations in the country is to restore electoral truth. The National Electoral Commission (CNE) released the centralized results of the October 9 general elections. Frelimo and...
Around 180 NGOs repudiate MDN accusations of funding demonstrations called by Venâncio Mondlane
The movement "In Defence of the Right to Freedom of Association" repudiates the accusations by the Ministry of National Defence (MDN) that Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) are supporting and financing the wave of post-election demonstrations called by the independent presidential candidate, Venâncio Mondlane. The movement is made up of around 180 entities, including CSOs/NGOs and...
"There are no conditions to approve the CNE tabulation" - Podemos
The head of the Optimist Party for the Development of Mozambique (Podemos), Dinis Tivane, explained yesterday that the Constitutional Council (CC) was unable to approve the results of the October 9 elections announced by the National Electoral Commission (CNE). During a live broadcast on social media, in which he discussed the...
"Politicization of the CNE has made the electoral process problematic in Mozambique" - Abdul Carimo Issá
The jurist, former government official and Vice-President of the Assembly of the Republic, Abdul Carimo Issá, believes that since the National Electoral Commission (CNE) became politicized, the electoral process in the country has become problematic. Speaking in an interview with RDP Africa about the irregularities in the electoral processes and the current situation...
"Bye bye Festive Season! Venâncio Mondlane ponders Christmas and New Year's Eve demonstrations
The Christmas and New Year celebrations in Mozambique could lead to demonstrations, according to independent presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane. In the candidate's view, the Constitutional Council (CC) intends to take advantage of the festive season to publicize the results of the general elections held on October 9, and divert the focus from...
Election demonstrations: Government wants to implement measures for the safe use of social networks
The Minister of Transport and Communications, Mateus Magala, has recommended that the National Telecommunications Institute of Mozambique (INCM), the country's telecommunications regulator, implement measures to promote the safe use of social networks. Speaking this Monday (25) in the district of Marracuene, Maputo province, during the opening ceremony of the 18th annual meeting of...
Constitutional Council breaks silence and denounces death threats against its judges
The Constitutional Council (CC) said yesterday, Monday (25), in a statement that it is not unaware of the situation of instability and insecurity linked to the general elections on October 9, denouncing death threats to its judges, sent by private messages or published on social networks. In the same document, the CC assures that it is...