{"id":37638,"date":"2023-04-26T16:55:09","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T16:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/commission-on-district-elections-document-defends-postponement"},"modified":"2023-04-26T18:40:54","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T18:40:54","slug":"commission-on-district-elections-document-defends-postponement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/commission-on-district-elections-document-defends-postponement","title":{"rendered":"Commission on District Elections\u2019 document defends postponement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>The Commission to Reflect on the Viability of Holding District Elections in 2024 in Mozambique defends the postponement of the ballot, reasoning that the country is not yet prepared for the creation and functioning of elected District Governments and Assemblies, Lusa report today.<\/p>\n

This opinion of the Commission \u2013 created by the Government in early April \u2013 is given in a preliminary document produced by the entity and read by Lusa on Tuesday (25-04).The opinion is based on \u201cperceptions that members [of the Commission] had on the subject, debates within the scope of its work and the analysis of several existing studies on the subject\u201d.<\/p>\n

The study notes the need for a swift revision of the Constitution to accommodate the postponement of the first District Elections, scheduled for 2024, given that this vote, agreed within the scope of the peace accord between the government and Renamo in 2018, results from a provision enshrined in the country\u2019s fundamental law, changed that same year.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is true that the Constitution should ideally be a crystallized document, but nothing prevents, when the circumstances so justify, respecting the material and temporal limits, the amendment of its provisions,\u201d the Commission\u2019s report maintains.<\/p>\n

The Commission warns of the danger of \u201cthe challenges\u201d faced in the decentralisation of Provincial governance with the 2019 elections being transferred to the Districts, if these territories have elections as early as 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Districts are currently in a situation of double subordination, answering simultaneously to the Provincial decentralized bodies\u201d, which are elected, \u201cand to the Provincial bodies of State representation\u201d, appointed by the central power.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe District Elections scheduled for 2024 present the risk\u201d of \u201cspreading the challenges\u201d, \u201cwith the aggravating factor that there is a greater probability that, in many cases, there will have to be coexistence between different organizations or political parties,\u201d it points out.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, there are risks of non-compliance between the legal package of decentralization and the fundamental law of the country, as is currently the case, with Provincial representation bodies enjoying powers that go beyond their limits, the document observes.<\/p>\n

The Commission indicates that the experience in the Provinces has been marked by duplication and overlapping of competences and structures, lack of clarity and criteria for sharing material and human resources, and lack of harmonization of laws.<\/p>\n

The Commission points to a risk of duplication of structures and competences at the District level also, which would necessarily lead to a significant increase in the financial effort needed to support the new bodies.<\/p>\n

For the Commission, in order not to generate more controversy, the fundamental law should define that: \u201cThe first District Elections, under the terms foreseen in the Constitution of the Republic, take place as soon as the conditions for their realization are created\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Commission\u2019s analysis agrees on the imperative of dialogue with the political forces of the opposition on the holding of the district elections, with the purpose of finding consensus around the issue.<\/p>\n

It defends \u201ca political agreement in which it is guaranteed that the parties that have the most votes [in the General Elections] in each District\u201d, can \u201cpropose three names to the Ministry of State Administration and Civil Service for the position of Administrator\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Commission even says that \u201can identical practice was adopted by the former President of the Republic, Joaquim Chissano, following the 1994 elections, albeit not systematically\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Commission exhorts Mozambican society to immediately start a process of deep and inclusive reflection on decentralization, to be carried out without any pressure or political agendas, with the purpose of defining the country\u2019s governance model.<\/p>\n

This reflection should produce a foundational document for a more profound, comprehensive, consensual and definitive constitutional revision.<\/p>\n

A week ago, the Council of Ministers decided to extend the Commission\u2019s mandate from 15 to 45 days.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Lusa, the Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo), the main opposition party, and the Mozambican Democratic Movement (MDM), the third party in Parliament, have demanded the revocation of the Commission.<\/p>\n

The opposition parties accuse the ruling Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo) of orchestrating a \u201cgradual coup\u201d by postponing the ballot.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Mozambique. The Commission to Reflect on the Viability of Holding District Elections in 2024 in Mozambique defends the postponement of the ballot, reasoning that the country is not yet prepared for the creation and functioning of elected District Governments and Assemblies, Lusa report today. 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