The National Electoral Commission (CNE) has revealed that it still doesn't have enough budget to cover the costs of producing ballot papers for candidates for President of the Republic, political parties and other contestants in the October 9 elections.

Speaking today at a press conference marking the end of the drawing of parties on the ballot paper and airtime for candidates and parties, CNE spokesman Paulo Cuinica said that the institution is still waiting for disbursement from the Ministry of Economy and Finance to allocate to contestants and produce the ballot papers.

"Once the draw has been made, we'll begin the process of producing ballots while we wait for the electoral campaign to begin, which is scheduled for August 24 until October 6," added Paulo Cuinica, quoted by the newspaper. News.

Also today, the CNE released the draw for the positioning of the candidates on the ballot paper, as well as the airtime for electoral propaganda in the media for the general elections. For the Assembly of the Republic, that draw dictated the placement of the Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM) party in first position, Frelimo in second and in third position is the National Resistance of Mozambique (Renamo) party.

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