There were few actual mechanical failures and most of the alleged problems with the registration equipment were caused intentionally by members of the brigades to prevent members of the opposition parties from registering, according to an investigation by the CIP Electoral Bulletin.

A Mobiles ID (computer registration) expert says that the level of malfunctions reported in these elections has never occurred in any country. And it is strange that the problems reported by the supervisors are not communicated to the Lexton/Graphic Arts consortium, which has technicians to repair the faults, which increases the suspicion of manipulation of the equipment for political purposes.

For example, there were allegedly major problems in capturing photographs and recording fingerprints. Failures in capturing images and fingerprints do happen, but they are related to the quality of the light and the possible glare from the skin on the voter's face, as it is oily. The same happens with fingerprints when the fingers are damp or greasy. But when digital capture fails, mobiles have a manual capture system. The two systems cannot fail at the same time. In other words, if automatic capture fails, we recommend using the manual system. In addition, the brigades were instructed that, in the event of image capture failures, they should recommend that voters wipe their faces with a cloth or towel, or even their hands, as a solution.

What was happening was that the brigades were deliberately not using manual capture or recommending that voters wipe their faces with a towel or cloth to clean the shine off their skin.

CIP Bulletin's research reveals that mobiles have few problems and none of them are related to what is always in the news. The most common problems with these machines have to do with overheating or manufacturing defects, or software or hardware problems. All cases are less than 1%. In other words, they are insignificant. According to the expert, if the fault is in the software, the repair is done in minutes or hours and never lasts a day, contrary to what is reported. If the problem is hardware, there is also a guarantee of immediate replacement.

However, the problems encountered by supervisors during voter registration have nothing to do with those common to this type of technology.

Many of these problems can only occur in situations of poor connection or disconnection of cables, either by mistake or on purpose. The expert we've been quoting stresses that no problem can go on for more than a day without being resolved. He finds it strange that there are faults that go on for weeks.

The CIP Bulletin understands that the central STAE, the one in Maputo City and the one in Matola had spare equipment to replace them in the event of a breakdown at any point. In fact, 42 mobiles have been distributed in the last two weeks to the central and northern provinces.

The argument put forward by STAE in Tete that some machines showed images of hyenas is, for the expert, an example of exaggeration in the handling of equipment. According to him, in none of the 161 countries did the machines show images of animals.

Observers reported 25% of polling stations with equipment or supply problems, but it now appears that most of the "problems" were not reported to STAE or Lexton/Artes Gráfica, but rather an intentional and organized manipulation of equipment to block the registration of opposition party voters. (cipeleições)