The law should oblige parties to declare all sources of income to prevent illicit political financing in electoral campaigns, argues the Center for Public Integrity (CIP). The position has to do with the weaknesses caused in Mozambique by growing organized crime. The CIP warns of the possibility that political activities are being financed...
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, has promulgated and ordered the publication of the Law that establishes the legal framework for the election of the President of the Republic and the members of the Assembly of the Republic. In another presidential order, the Head of State promulgated and ordered the publication of the Law that establishes the legal framework for the election...
The Assembly of the Republic has just decided to postpone the debate on the revision of the Laws of the Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) and the National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) until the next parliamentary term. Without giving any reasons for the decision, the President of the Assembly of the Republic made the announcement after a private meeting of the...
The Assembly of the Republic (AR) will once again debate the revision of the Electoral Law during its tenth ordinary session, which begins today, in accordance with the recommendations of the President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi. The Electoral Law had already been debated and submitted to the Head of State for consideration and promulgation, but was returned to parliament for...
The spokesman for the National Electoral Commission (CNE) says that there are parties that are already campaigning before the time stipulated by law, which is 45 days before the elections. Paulo Cuinica was quoted by "O Pais" as saying that this practice constitutes an electoral offense punishable by law. The spokesman for...
The President of the Republic has returned the proposed revision of the Electoral Law to the Assembly of the Republic (AR) to amend the law that establishes the legal framework for the election of the candidate for President of the Republic and the Deputies of the AR and that which establishes the legal framework for the election of the Governor of a Province and...
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, in the use of the powers conferred on him by the Constitution of the Republic, has promulgated and ordered the publication of the law on the punctual organic revision of the Constitutional Council. According to a statement from the Office of the President, the law was recently approved by the Assembly of the Republic and submitted to the President of the Republic for promulgation,...
Today, members of the Assembly of the Republic (AR) are debating the proposal to revise the Electoral Law in general and in detail. This is Law no. 8/2013, of February 27, amended and republished by Law no. 2/2019, of May 31, which establishes the legal framework for the election of the President of the Republic and members of...
The Supreme Court (TS) and the Constitutional Council (CC) have been called upon to intervene in the revision of the Electoral Law that is taking place secretly between the three parties with seats in parliament. The election bulletin of the Center for Public Integrity (CIP) reports that Frelimo, Renamo and MDM are discussing 74 articles. However, there was only consensus on...
The three political parties with seats in the Assembly of the Republic (AR) are secretly working on revising the Electoral Law that regulates the election of the President of the Republic and AR deputies, reveals the Center for Public Integrity (CIP). CIP's electoral bulletin states that Frelimo, Renamo and MDM have decided not to inform the...