Renamo's leader, Ossufo Momade, recognizes that the political party needs reforms to resolve the current climate of dissatisfaction among some members. Recently, the party has experienced tensions with former guerrillas from the political formation rioting at the national headquarters demanding the removal of the current President. Momade played down the situation and said...
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Former Renamo guerrillas threaten to launch last-ditch plan against Ossufo Momade
Renamo's military wing is threatening to implement its latest plan to impose transparency and dialog in the party, days after submitting a precautionary measure against party president Ossufo Momade to the Maputo City Court. The former guerrillas of what has until now been Mozambique's largest opposition party say that Renamo...
Former Renamo guerrillas file injunction against Ossufo Momade and his squad
A group of members, sympathizers and former Renamo guerrillas filed an injunction this Friday (03) at the Maputo City Court against the leadership of the party led by Ossufo Momade, demanding that the national council be held. With the injunction submitted to the Maputo City Court, the former Renamo guerrillas...
Ossufo Momade could receive more than 4 million meticais from reintegration allowance
Renamo leader and defeated candidate in last October's elections, Ossufo Momade, could receive more than 4 million meticais in reintegration allowances because his party has lost its status as the main and largest political grouping in the Assembly of the Republic. With a status equivalent to that of a deputy minister,...
Ossufo Momade does not recognize the election results validated by the Constitutional Council
Renamo leader Ossufo Momade rejected the election results validated and proclaimed by the Constitutional Council, promising to mobilize all Mozambicans to save democracy in the country. Speaking shortly after the decision of the Constitutional Council (CC), which declared victory for Frelimo and its candidate, with 65.17% of the votes, relegating Renamo to...
Former guerrillas storm Renamo's national headquarters and demand the ouster of Ossufo Momade
RENAMO's National Headquarters has once again been taken over by former guerrillas and party members who are demanding the resignation of Ossufo Momade and other leading figures. On Monday, the members who are contesting the leadership took over the National Headquarters in Maputo and promised not to leave until they received a response from...
Ossufo Momade and Lutero Simango defend Venâncio Mondlane's presence in the post-election crisis debate
The meeting between the President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, and the presidential candidates to find solutions to the post-election crisis ended in failure yesterday, due to the absence of Venâncio Mondlane, the candidate supported by PODEMOS, who claimed that security was not guaranteed. According to a VOA report, the President's office was attended by Daniel Chapo, from Frelimo;...
Renamo members mutiny at party headquarters and demand Ossufo Momade's ouster
Renamo members and former guerrillas have been rioting since yesterday evening at the party's headquarters in Maputo, demanding the resignation of the current Renamo leadership. According to the members and former Renamo guerrillas, the party's current leader, Ossufo Momade, and his squad must leave the leadership, pointing to the...
Post-election crisis: Momade only agrees to meet Nyusi if all candidates take part
Ossufo Momade, president and presidential candidate for Renamo, will only take part in the dialog with Filipe Nyusi on the political crisis after the electoral process if all the presidential candidates are present. "This meeting only makes sense if all the candidates are present," said Renamo spokesman Marcial Macome at the end of a meeting of the Renamo political...
Nyusi proposes meeting with presidential candidates to discuss the country's situation
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, this afternoon expressed his openness to talks with the four candidates for the Presidency of the Republic, Lutero Simango of the Democratic Movement of Mozambique, Venâncio Mondlane, an independent supported by Podemos, Ossufo Momade, of Renamo, and Daniel Chapo, of Frelimo. According to Nyusi, the possible meeting is to jointly find solutions...