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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>The Mozambican Youth Organization (OJM), the youth wing of Frelimo, the ruling party, yesterday denied accusations that its members were involved in \u201cblocking\u201d voter registration for the October 11 municipal elections.<\/p>\n

On Monday, the Centre for Public Integrity (CIP), a Mozambican non-governmental organization (NGO) involved in election observation, accused members of the OJM of promoting \u201cblockages\u201d at registration posts, with a view to disadvantaging voters in areas where the opposition tends to have more supporters.<\/p>\n

In a reaction to the allegations, OJM secretary general Silva Livone told Lusa that these accusations aim to \u201cconstruct the idea that the electoral process is not going well, in order to be able to discredit the electoral bodies\u201d.<\/p>\n

Livone underlined that the electoral administration bodies are constituted based on the principle of \u201cparity\u201d and that, to promote transparency, the direction of these entities is composed of all parties with parliamentary representation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey [opposition parties] participate in the entire recruitment process\u201d of staff working in voter registration, he pointed out.<\/p>\n

Calling the accusations brought by the CIP \u201cserious\u201d, Silva Livone accused the NGO of being made up of \u201cpoliticians disguised as civil society\u201d, who are looking for arguments to \u201cjustify a possible defeat of the opposition\u201d in the municipal elections.<\/p>\n

Livone pointed out that all citizens with legal requirements can apply for the position of \u2018brigadista\u2019 in electoral registration posts, without discrimination based on party affiliation.<\/p>\n

Frelimo spokeswoman Ludmila Maguni also distanced herself from the accusations, noting that the deficiencies that have been reported in the voter registration process are due to technical and equipment problems, not party interference.<\/p>\n

\u201cI myself waited six hours to be able to register at the registration office I went to,\u201d Maguni said, adding that brigade members there said that there were problems with the equipment or that they could not \u201cprint the cards\u201d.<\/p>\n

The spokeswoman for the ruling party said that more people should be encouraged to register for the municipal elections.<\/p>\n

In the allegations against Frelimo, CIP researcher La\u0301zaro Mabuda cited \u201cblockades made by the \u2018brigadistas\u2019 of the registration posts selected by the ruling party, through a list addressed to the electoral administration bodies\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Mozambique. The Mozambican Youth Organization (OJM), the youth wing of Frelimo, the ruling party, yesterday denied accusations that its members were involved in \u201cblocking\u201d voter registration for the October 11 municipal elections. 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