Renamo president Ossufo Momade said that the largest opposition party is not giving up on "restoring electoral truth" and advised international institutions to assess the level of democracy before granting support.

The position was expressed today, following meetings held this week with the European Union ambassador accredited to Mozambique, Antonino Maggiore, and with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) team, led by Pablo Lopes Murphy.

"At the meeting, we reviewed the electoral process, from registration to voting and the current post-election crisis resulting from the major electoral offenses that have taken place since the beginning of the process.

On that occasion, we expressed our indignation at the fact that the National Electoral Commission published fraudulent results on October 26, or simply reversed the results in most of the municipalities won by Renamo, giving the victory to Frelimo," Momade said, quoted by Lusa.

The main opposition party has promoted marches to contest the results of the October 11 elections, bringing together thousands of people who denounce alleged "mega-fraud" in the ballot.

The police raid on Renamo offices in Maputo city and Nampula was another concern that we presented to the ambassador, as the tearing up of all democratic principles. The scenario of arrests of young activists from our party also deserved our repudiation," said the leader of the largest opposition party.

Regarding the meeting with the IMF team, Ossufo Momade said that he had asked the international organization "to rigorously monitor the use of the amounts lent to countries, but especially in Mozambique, to prevent the same money from being diverted and used to buy military equipment to fight the opposition and for electoral fraud, as has happened recently in the country".

"The time has come for the Bretton Woods Institutions to think seriously about serious human rights violations in some countries, especially in Africa, and to continue to support them.
Before aid, an assessment of unacceptable situations in a democracy must be present," said the Renamo leader.