Africa-Press – Mozambique. Mozambican politician Venâncio Mondlane said on Tuesday that his party, Anamola, wants to take part in the political dialogue underway in Mozambique, saying that it has ideas to submit for reforms in the state and the electoral system.
“We are interested and we are not only saying this today, but also in the two sessions we had with the current government, we made a point of repeating this issue: we want to contribute, we have ideas to submit,” said Mondlane, during the first extraordinary session of the National Alliance for a Free and Autonomous Mozambique (Anamola) party, approved less than a week ago by Mozambique’s Ministry of Justice.
On 5 March, Mozambique’s President Daniel Chapo, the country’s main political parties, and some extra-parliamentary formations signed an agreement in Maputo focused on state reforms, as part of the political dialogue to end the country’s post-election crisis.
At the time, the head of state said that the political agreement signed opened up “new perspectives” on state reforms, arguing that “it’s not about people”, but that it signalled a “new era” in the face of the post-election crisis.
At the first extraordinary session of Anamola, Venâncio Mondlane also mentioned the need for reforms in the Mozambican electoral system, proposing the realisation of a model of “partial online tabulation” of the vote, to increase public confidence in the results.
The former presidential candidate also said that Mozambique needed to “change the rules of the game”, suggesting that a constitution be created, as well as a tax reform that would allow for greater decentralisation.
“For a state to exist, from Anamola’s perspective, social justice is fundamental. If there aren’t equal opportunities for all, then there is an existential problem for that state,” he added.
On 15 August, Mozambique’s Ministry of Justice, Constitutional and Religious Affairs accepted Venâncio Mondlane’s party’s application for registration, which was filed in April, his legal representative, Mutola Escova, told Lusa.
The politician announced on 7 August that he had changed the name of his party from Anamalala to Anamola, following a request from Mozambique’s government, which considered that the previous acronym carried “a linguistic meaning”.
Anamalala means “it’s going to end” or “it’s over”, an expression used by Venâncio Mondlane during the campaign for the general elections of 9 October 2024 – the results of which he does not recognise – and which became popular during the protests he called in the following months.
Since the general elections on 9 October, Mozambique has experienced a climate of strong social unrest, with demonstrations and stoppages called by Mondlane, who rejects the election results that gave victory to Daniel Chapo, supported by the ruling Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo).
According to non-governmental organisations monitoring the electoral process, around 400 people died in clashes with the police. These conflicts ceased after two meetings between Mondlane and Chapo aimed at pacifying the country.
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