Africa-Press – Mozambique. Alternor Anselmo Zanho, yesterday the secretary of polling station number 80934-03, at the Chá Moçambique EPC in Gurué, was chair of polling station 080938-02 at the Nacuacué EPC, during the election of 11 October – one of the stations where the Constitutional Council annulled the results.
In the 11 October election, when a party monitor found a voter carrying extra ballot papers to slip into the box, Zanho defended the criminal, refused to allow his detention and refused a complaints form to the monitor.
The New Democracy (ND) Party found that eight polling station staff (MMVs) in yesterday’s repeat election were involved in fraud in 11 October election. This has been confirmed by this Bulletin CIP Eleições. Some were stationed at the same schools where the results were annulled. The Guruè district branch of STAE ignored the instruction from STAE-Central which ordered that those involved in the fraud of 11 October should not be re-hired as MMVs.
Saulino Manuel Mauaia, yesterday chaired polling station 080941-02 in the Gurué Secondary School. On 11 October, Saulino was chair of polling station 080945-02, also in the Gurué Secondary School, where the election was also annulled. He refused to sign the complaint of the New Democracy monitor when the latter intercepted a voter with eight ballot papers marked in advance, and which led the Constitutional Council to annul the voting at this station. According to New Democracy, he led the adulteration of the number of voters. According to the voter roll, there were 451 voters registered at this station, but according to the posted results sheet (edital), the number was 646.
On 11 October, Batalha Leonardo Remua was caught invalidating ballot papers during the count, and refused to give complaints forms. He is a prominent member of the Frelimo Party District Committee, and is also head of the Human Resources Department in the District Education, Youth and Technology Services. Yesterday, Batalha was chair (presiding officer) of polling station AV 080934-04 at the Chá Moçambique EPC.
Gildo Fonseca Joaquim, yesterday chair of polling station 080938-05 at the Chá Moçambique EPC, was chair of station 080942-01 at Projecto EPC on 11 October. At this polling station, the number of registered voters was 551, but on the results sheet (“edital”) that he filled out, the number of voters was 556. During the voting then, Gildo took part in ballot box stuffing, as well as insulting and pushing the New Democracy monitor.
Egildo Almeida Muela, yesterday chair of polling station AV 080938-03 at the Chá Moçambique EPC, was in October chair of polling station 080951-02 at the Montes Namuli EPC. The ND says he was caught red-handed stuffing ballot boxes and invalidating ballot papers. He refused to decide on the ND complants, in flagrant violation of the electoral law. He allowed the police Rapid Intervention Unit (UIR) to collect ballot papers that had been illeglly marked in advance without giving any information about where they were being taken. During the polling station count, he filled out an edital with inflated numbers of voters registered, people who voted and votes in the ballot box.
Crispim Monteiro Cartela yesterday was secretary of polling station AV 080938-01 in the Nacuacuè EPV, and on 11 October he was chair of polling station 080937-03 at Muresse Círculo EPC. He was caught stuffing ballot boxes and invalidating ballot papers. He also refused to sign complaints from political party monitors. He ignored the difference between the number of ballot papers and the number of voters, as well as the discrepancy in the number of special votes.
Batalha Leonardo Remua was chair of polling station 080950-05 at the Contap EPC. He was caught red-handed invalidating ballot papers during the count, and refused to hand out complaints forms, He is a prominent member of the Frelimo Party District Committee and also head of the Human Resources Department of the District Education, Youth and Technology Services. Yesterday, Batalha was chair of polling station AV 080934-04 at the Chá Moçambique EPC.
Ernesto Alberto Chipasso Sunday was chair of polling station AV 080952-01 at the Montes Namuli EPC. In the 11 October election he was chair of polling station 080943-01 in 25th June EPC, when he was accused of ballot box stuffing and allowing UIR police agents to open fire within the polling station.
Finally, Profeta Daniel Mutange yesterday was chair of polling station 080934-04 at the Chá Moçambique EPC. On 11 October, as chair of the polling station at Contap, he called on the police to intimidate the ND monitor who had noticed ballot box stuffing. The police even fired several shots.
And ballot box stuffing continued yesterday. A teacher at the Gurué Secondary School, Silvério Augusto António, was found at 10.00 on Sunday with seven (7) ballot papers marked in advance in favour of the Frelimo Party. When he returned from the voting booth to place his ballot in the box, seven other ballot papers fell out which were seized by the New Democracy monitor in that polling station. A complaint was registered for this incident to be included in the polling station minutes, but the chair refused. The individual was taken in a police vehicle to the district command, but he was released in less than two hours.
Another citizen was found in the queue of voters with 12 ballot papers marked in advance in favour of Frelimo. They fell to the ground at about 10.00. The chair, in collusion with the police, did not allow identification of the author of this crime. The chairperson refused accept a complaint.
A person shot by the UIR in both legs remains unconscious and fighting for his life in the Intensive Care Unit in the Gurué Rural Hospital. Five people have been confirmed as victims of police bullets. The victims were taken to a health unit for medical care. By this morning (Monday 11 Dec), four of the five had been discharged. The worst violence occurred during the counting of the votes at the Gurué Secondary School.
During the repeat election in Gurue, the police used firearms in a disproportionate manner, firing directly against the population who were demonstrating in front of the five voting centres which held the 13 polling stations, awaiting the results after the close of polls.
The police assaults involved members of the Protection Police, the Rapid Intervention Unit and the Special Operations Group, some of whom were hooded.
There was also violence in Marromeu shown in four CIP Eleições YouTube videos: https://youtu.be/th_K4BOvU8I, https://youtu.be/WILz8mTfOiY, https://youtu.be/20kI53qwU0E and https://youtu.be/h7Ru-mNKBJE
Voter abstention in Milange, Zambézia, and Nacala-Porto, Nampula province, was 73.3% and 71.3%, respectively. Fewer than 30% of the electorate cast their votes in the two municipalities.
In Milange, of the 2,397 voters registered at the three polling stations, only 640 (26.7%) voted. In Nacala-Porto, the data published by the Mais Integridade consortium show a turnout of 28.7%, which means that, of the 12,893 voters registered in the polling stations where the election was repeated, only 3,694 (71.3%) cast their ballots. The majority (9,199 voters) decided to stay at home.
Frelimo won the Nacala-Porto election with 91% of valid votes (3,227 votos) against 221 (6.2%) for Renamo (which boycotted the election) and only 89 (2.5%) for the MDM, according to data from the consortium.
The Marromeu district director of STAE, Daniel Cusaminho, announced on Monday morning that Frelimo won the repeat election in that municipality. According to Daniel Cusaminho, Frelimo obtained 8,452 votes, (55% of valid votes), Renamo, 6,104 (40%), MDM 607 (4%) and the Democratic Revolution party took just 154 (1%).
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