{"id":27760,"date":"2022-10-13T17:05:24","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T17:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/ngo-slams-tax-authority-presidents-presence-in-frelimo-leadership"},"modified":"2022-10-13T17:09:53","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T17:09:53","slug":"ngo-slams-tax-authority-presidents-presence-in-frelimo-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/ngo-slams-tax-authority-presidents-presence-in-frelimo-leadership","title":{"rendered":"NGO slams Tax Authority president\u2019s presence in Frelimo leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Mozambique\u2019s Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), a leading non-governmental organisation, has described the election of the head of the country\u2019s Tax Authority (AT), Amelia Muendane, as a member of the Political Commission of the governing party, Frelimo, as illegal and unethical.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe General Statute of State Employees and Agents states that the role of civil servant is incompatible with the exercise of other activities that may compromise the public interest or impartiality required in the exercise of public functions,\u201d reads a legal analysis released by the CDD.<\/p>\n

In addition, it states, any AT staff member is obliged to provide service to their employer on an exclusive basis, while civil servants assigned to the AT are also required to respect legality, neutrality, impartiality and integrity.<\/p>\n

The CDD text notes that, \u201cas the president of the Tax Authority is a director of Frelimo, which is a private entity, she can never be neutral and impartial, as she will tend to seek to safeguard the interests of her party and its members.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a member of Frelimo\u2019s Political Commission, it continues, Muendane could even harm the interests of other parties in processes in which she has to decide in her capacity as head of the AT.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs she is the head of an organ with organic units of a paramilitary nature, where relationships of authority and subordination prevail between the officials assigned to it, it constitutes a serious risk for the democratic rule of law to have these republican forces directly subordinated to someone who performs private party functions,\u201d the CDD notes.<\/p>\n

The AT president, the analysis continues, should offer her resignation so that the institution can function free of suspicion.<\/p>\n

Muendane was elected to the Political Commission of Frelimo during the governing party\u2019s 12th congress, which was held from 23 to 28 September.<\/p>\n

Lusa has so far been unable to get a reaction from Muendane to the arguments made by the CDD.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Mozambique. Mozambique\u2019s Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), a leading non-governmental organisation, has described the election of the head of the country\u2019s Tax Authority (AT), Amelia Muendane, as a member of the Political Commission of the governing party, Frelimo, as illegal and unethical. \u201cThe General Statute of State Employees and Agents states that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":27759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[233,281,283],"class_list":["post-27760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-mozambique","tag-mozambique"],"yoast_head":"\nNGO slams Tax Authority president\u2019s presence in Frelimo leadership - Mozambique<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mozambique\u2019s Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), a leading non-governmental organisation, has described the elec ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/ngo-slams-tax-authority-presidents-presence-in-frelimo-leadership\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NGO slams Tax Authority president\u2019s presence in Frelimo leadership\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mozambique\u2019s Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), a leading non-governmental organisation, has described the elec ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/ngo-slams-tax-authority-presidents-presence-in-frelimo-leadership\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mozambique\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-10-13T17:05:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-10-13T17:09:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_4-6348464925620.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"679\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/ngo-slams-tax-authority-presidents-presence-in-frelimo-leadership#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/ngo-slams-tax-authority-presidents-presence-in-frelimo-leadership\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"NGO slams Tax Authority president\u2019s presence in Frelimo leadership\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-10-13T17:05:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-10-13T17:09:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/ngo-slams-tax-authority-presidents-presence-in-frelimo-leadership\"},\"wordCount\":349,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/ngo-slams-tax-authority-presidents-presence-in-frelimo-leadership#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2022\/10\/postQueueImg_4-6348464925620.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Mozambique\",\"Mozambique\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/ngo-slams-tax-authority-presidents-presence-in-frelimo-leadership#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/ngo-slams-tax-authority-presidents-presence-in-frelimo-leadership\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/ngo-slams-tax-authority-presidents-presence-in-frelimo-leadership\",\"name\":\"NGO slams Tax Authority president\u2019s presence in Frelimo leadership - 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