Africa-Press – Mozambique. The District Elections Commissions (CDE) from the Kampfumo, KaMavota and Nhlamankulu Municipal Districts of Maputo Friday (17 November) delivered 449 results sheets (editais) and minutes (actas) demanded by the Constitutional Council (CC) in a dispatch sent to the National Elections Commission (CNE). But according to the consignment note (see photo below), 328 of the editais are copies and only 121 are originals, while 339 minutes are copies and only 110 original minutes. Three quarters of the originals documents appear to have been “lost”.
The opposition argues that it is illegal and very strange that most original documents are missing, and their conclusion is that they are replaced by false documents to justify the declaration of Frelimo as the winner.
The demand for the original documents was made by the CC to compare with the copies of the polling station documents submitted by Renamo, which show it won by a large margin in Maputo city.
The CC will now be forced to decide if a major political party or a district election commission has submitted false documents, and will also have to decide if individuals should be prosecuted. Submitting fake documents carries a penalty of 2-5 years in prison and a fine equivalent to 20-50 times the minimum wage.
In terms of distribution by district, the Kampfumo CDE delivered only 17 original editais (24%) and the 17 original minutes; 54 of the editais and minutes were delivered as copies. The Nhlamankulu municipal district sent the CNE a total of 120 editais, of which 97 are copies and only 23 (29%) are originals, and the same percentages of minutes. The KaMavota municipal district delivered 81 original editais (31%) and 70 (27%) original minutes, and the rest are copies.
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