The presidential candidate, Venâncio Mondlane, announced on Wednesday that the start of his presidential campaign will be in Matola, Maputo province, according to the newspaper "O País".

Mondlane's candidacy is supported by the Optimist Party for the Development of Mozambique (PODEMOS), as Mondlane himself announced a few days ago.

PODEMOS has emerged as an alternative for Mondlane's survival, following the withdrawal of the Democratic Alliance Coalition (CAD), the political grouping that supported his candidacy.