Africa-Press – Mozambique. Mozambique’s Minister of Justice, Constitutional and Religious Affairs Mateus Saize said on Friday that the delay in approving politician Venâncio Mondlane’s Anamola party was due to the existence of “many processes” with similar requests within the institution.
“We have many processes with the same requests, we have processes for associations, for establishing churches, we have several processes. When a process is submitted, it doesn’t necessarily mean that a decision has to be made on the same day (…),” Saize said on the sidelines of a public event in Maputo.
On August 8, politician Venâncio Mondlane complained of “blockages” to the legalization of his party – a request for which had been filed with the ministry in April – and threatened to continue appealing to the courts after the government’s deadline for a response had expired. He submitted an appeal to the Constitutional Council the following day.
The Minister of Justice reiterated this Friday that institutional staff had detected “several irregularities” in the party’s process, and the applicant was subsequently notified to correct them.
“After correcting the irregularities, we had to double-check, and when we concluded that the process was ready for authorization, we authorized it,” said Mateus Saize.
According to the Minister, the process for the creation of Venâncio Mondlane’s party was authorized by the Ministry of Justice on August 7 and then sent to the central registries for the “unofficial registration of the party” Anamola.
“We are awaiting publication in the Official Gazette,” concluded Minister Saíze who revealed that a process for the creation of another new party in Mozambique is also underway, without providing further details.
On Friday, politician Venâncio Mondlane confirmed the approval of his party, Anamola, by the Mozambican government and scheduled a celebration for Monday, upon his arrival at Maputo International Airport, the capital of Mozambique.
“Dear friends, until Monday, if not before, until Monday at 3:00 p.m., I will be at Mavalane Airport so we can all celebrate the approval of our party, Anamola,” said Venâncio Mondlane during a live broadcast on his Facebook page.
For the former presidential candidate, who claimed to have “suddenly” received the party’s approval on Thursday, the creation of Anamola, formerly known as Anamalala, marks a “new era” in Mozambican politics.
Mozambique has experienced a climate of intense social unrest since the October 9th general elections, with demonstrations and strikes called by Mondlane, who rejects the election results that gave victory to Daniel Chapo, supported by the ruling Frelimo party.
According to non-governmental organizations monitoring the electoral process, approximately 400 people died in clashes with the police. These conflicts ended after two meetings between Mondlane and Chapo, aimed at pacifying the country.
The former presidential candidate announced on August 7th that he had changed his party’s name from Anamalala to Anamola, following a request from the Mozambican government, which considered the previous acronym to carry “a linguistic meaning”.
Anamalala means “it will end” or “it’s over,” an expression used by Venâncio Mondlane during the campaign for the October 9, 2024, general elections, the results of which he does not recognize, and which became popular during the protests he called in the following months.
The information about the proposed change of the acronym Anamalala to Anamola, also meaning National Alliance for a Free and Autonomous Mozambique, is included in the appeal that the former presidential candidate submitted on that same day to the Constitutional Council (CC), considering that the Ministry of Justice, Constitutional and Religious Affairs did not respond within the legal deadline to the request to form the party.
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