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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Saturday suggested postponing the election of district assemblies scheduled for 2024.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the close of a two day meeting of the Central Committee of the ruling Frelimo Party, held in the southern city of Matola, Nyusi called for \u201ca reflection on the feasibility and sustainability of the country advancing to the election of district assemblies in 2024\u201d.<\/p>\n

He wanted the country\u2019s parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, the government, the political parties and civil society to be involved in such a reflection.<\/p>\n

The election of district assemblies was a demand raised by Renamo in the negotiations over a package of decentralization measures that were included in constitutional amendments passed in 2018.<\/p>\n

There are currently 154 districts (and rather more, if urban districts are included).<\/p>\n

Nobody has yet calculated how much the district assemblies will cost.<\/p>\n

They will certainly complicate national elections.<\/p>\n

Voters will already be faced with three ballot papers in 2024, for the presidential, parliamentary and provincial assembly elections. Adding a fourth, for the district assemblies, would inevitably lengthen the time taken to count the votes and declare the results. Even discounting the possibility of deliberate fraud, tired polling station staff, working since 05.00 in the morning, are bound to make more mistakes, if the count is extended deeper into the night.<\/p>\n

Just as with the municipalities and the provinces, the district assembly elections will be organized on a party list basis. The head of the list of whichever party wins will become the new district administrator. The administrator heads a district government, known as the District Executive Council, which answers to the District Assembly.<\/p>\n

The Constitution says nothing else. The powers of the District Administrator and of the District Executive Council are to be fixed by laws which do not yet exist.<\/p>\n

Even the size of the district assemblies are not yet known. But it seems certain that they will provide hundreds, if not thousands of new jobs, with wages and allowances adding to the pressures on the state budget.<\/p>\n

There is also no clarity about where the powers of the provincial assemblies end and those of the district assemblies begin. There is thus fertile ground for conflict.<\/p>\n

Nyusi told the Central Committee that the decentralisation package of 2018 had \u201cstrong points and weak points\u201d in term both of the legislation itself and of its practical application. Decentralization \u201cis not a linear or finished process\u201d, he said, and so there should be \u201ca functional analysis\u201d to maximise the opportunities of the current scheme and \u201cto reduce the potential overlapping of the attributes and powers of the bodies of provincial governance and those that represent the State in the province\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a reflection which should be made, with a cool head, and with our feet on the ground, so that the decision most appropriate for our country is taken\u201d, said Nyusi.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Mozambique. Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Saturday suggested postponing the election of district assemblies scheduled for 2024. 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