Africa-Press – Mozambique. The Mozambican Ministry of Justice said on Friday that the process of legalizing the party that former presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane intends to create is underway, awaiting the changes to the acronym that were required.
“It is in process, the recommendations have been given and I believe we are within the deadline and the party will submit the changes for consideration by the Ministry,” said the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Justice, Constitutional and Religious Affairs, Justino Ernesto Tonela, questioned by Lusa on the sidelines of the seminar to launch the consultation and data collection process for the preparation of the Universal Periodic Review Mechanism Report, held in Maputo, on Friday.
The acronym “ANAMALALA” generates controversy
In a document from the ministry, signed by Minister Mateus Saíze, dated May 28 and previously reported by Lusa, it is stated that the term “ANAMALALA”, the proposed acronym for the National Alliance for a Free and Autonomous Mozambique, comes from the Macua language, spoken in Nampula, in the north of the country, “and therefore already carries a linguistic meaning for the communication of those who express themselves in it”.
The Ministry gave a deadline of 30 days to change the acronym, counting from the publication of that document by the Mozambican justice institution.
ANAMALALA means “it will end” or “it is over”, an expression used by former presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane during the campaign for the general elections of October 9, 2024 and which became popular during the protests he called in the following months, when he did not recognize the results of the vote.
Statutes do not align with the Constitution
The ruling adds that the statutes of the party that Venâncio Mondlane intends to create “do not fit into the concept of principles nor are they aligned” with the Constitution of the Republic or the Law on Political Parties, also requesting their correction.
The document acknowledges that “some irregularities were found that prevent the authorization of the request for creation before they are regularized” by the end of this month, such as “adapting the acronym, as it does not derive from the name of the proposed party”.
However, the Minister of Justice met on June 9, in Maputo, with a delegation of the former presidential candidate to evaluate the process of legalizing the political force, as per the request that was submitted to that ministry on April 3.
Mozambique has been experiencing a climate of strong social unrest since the October elections, with demonstrations and strikes called by Mondlane, who rejects the election results that gave victory to Daniel Chapo, supported by FRELIMO, the ruling party.
According to non-governmental organizations monitoring the electoral process, around 400 people lost their lives as a result of clashes with the police, conflicts that ceased after a meeting between Mondlane and Chapo on March 23, repeated on May 20, with a view to pacifying the country.
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