Africa-Press – Mozambique. Politician Venâncio Mondlane confirmed on Friday that his party, Anamola, has been approved by the Mozambique government and that the celebration will take place on Monday, upon his arrival at Maputo International Airport, the capital of Mozambique.
“Dear friends, by Monday, if not before, by Monday at 15:00 I will be at Mavalane Airport so that we can all celebrate together the approval of our Anamola party,” said Venâncio Mondlane, during a live broadcast on his Facebook page.
For the former presidential candidate, who claims to have “suddenly” received the party’s approval order on Thursday, the creation of Anamola, formerly known as Anamalala, marks a “new era” in Mozambican politics.
“We are all to be congratulated, the Mozambican people are to be congratulated, we now have an instrument to continue fighting for our people, to continue fighting until the liberation of our people,” said Mondlane, who invited Anamola’s supporters to “open the champagne now”, but then, on Monday, to “celebrate” his arrival at the airport.
“It’s Anamola, but our slogan is still Anamalala,” added the Mozambican politician.
The Mozambican Ministry of Justice, Constitutional and Religious Affairs today accepted the registration of Venâncio Mondlane’s Anamola party, its legal representative, Mutola Escova, told Lusa.
“We received the communication today, in which the Ministry of Justice authorised the request for registration of the party, which we had submitted,” said the lawyer, adding that with this authorisation, it is now possible to register Anamola at the registry office.
Since the general elections on 9 October, Mozambique has experienced a climate of severe social unrest, with demonstrations and stoppages called by Mondlane, who rejects the election results that gave victory to Daniel Chapo, supported by Frelimo, the ruling party.
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.
The former presidential candidate 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.
The information on the proposal to change the acronym Anamalala to Anamola, which also stands for National Alliance for a Free and Autonomous Mozambique, is included in the appeal that the former presidential candidate submitted to the Constitutional Council (CC) on the same day, because he considered that the Ministry of Justice, Constitutional and Religious Affairs had not responded within the legal deadline to the request to form the party.
In a letter from the ministry, signed by minister Mateus Saíze, dated 28 May and which Lusa reported at the time, it was stated that the term “Anamalala”, a 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 has given a 30-day deadline for the acronym to be changed, counting from the release of the document by the Mozambican justice system.
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