Africa-Press – Mozambique. The chairperson of the Mozambican Chamber of Commerce (CCM), Álvaro Massingue, insists that he will maintain his candidacy for the presidency of the country’s Confederation of Business Associations (CTA).
Massingue’s statement is a response to the measure which rules him out of standing in the internal elections for the presidency of the CTA, scheduled for 8 May. He was ruled out by the CTA’s board of directors for allegedly interfering in the organisation of the elections “through a scheme of massive regularization of membership fees with funds of obscure origin, affecting the institutional integrity of the CTA and damaging the principle of fairness and transparency.”
Massingue denies the accusations circulating against him, and he accuses the CTA management of ignoring a court ruling in his favour. In a statement, he claims that the CTA’s decisions are “illegal, unethical and prove that there are mechanisms aimed at benefiting a specific group.”
“The CCM and Massingue will maintain their candidacy for the presidency of the CTA. The formal submission of the candidacy will take place on 23 April. The current CTA board of directors has a direct interest in the election and members of the body are competitors”, reads Massingue’s note.
A CTA decidiu afastar Álvaro Massinga da corrida eleitoral para a presidência da agremiação, através de um processo disciplinar onde acusa o presidente da Câmara de Comércio de Moçambique de tentar manipular a sua eleição.#cta #stvnoticias #gruposoico https://t.co/3GxkwFtECZ pic.twitter.com/aMeVUoEGLp
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The measure, which was announced by the CTA’s board of directors ruling out Massingue, says “the CCM also loses the right to exercise its rights as set out in Article 9 of the Statutes. Álvaro Massingue, as the CCM’s top leader and the moral and material perpetrator of the offences found, is prohibited from participating in any CTA electoral proceedings, through the CCM or any other member of the Confederation, for the same period of 12 months.”
The main accusation against Massingue is that he paid membership fees in arrears for dozens of CTA affiliates. Massingue denied the accusation, but added that there is nothing illegal or against the CTA statutes about paying other people’s membership fees.
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