{"id":48651,"date":"2023-10-16T07:51:21","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T07:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/renamo-calls-for-national-peaceful-protests-against-local-election-results"},"modified":"2023-10-16T08:14:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T08:14:00","slug":"renamo-calls-for-national-peaceful-protests-against-local-election-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/renamo-calls-for-national-peaceful-protests-against-local-election-results","title":{"rendered":"Renamo calls for national peaceful protests against local election results"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>The president of the Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo), Ossufo Momade, called on Sunday for \u201cpeaceful\u201d demonstrations across the country, starting on 17 October, against what he claims was \u201cfraud\u201d in the local elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I want is a national demonstration, not war,\u201d said the Renamo leader after the extended extraordinary meeting of Renamo\u2019s National Political Commission, held this afternoon in Maputo, in which the party decided not to recognise the results of the 11 October local elections that are being announced by the electoral bodies.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s through demonstrations. After all, do you think that the only alternative that Renamo has to use is the gun?\u201d the Renamo leader asked in response to journalists\u2019 questions about the character of the protests that had been called.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to respect that the Mozambican people are tired of wars,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Even so, Momade warned that everything \u201cwill depend on the regime\u2019s behaviour\u201d as to how the demonstrations he expects from Tuesday unfold, insisting that the party \u201cwon\u201d these elections, the first after the total demilitarisation and disarmament of the party, following the peace agreement, was concluded in June.<\/p>\n

The party called \u201call Mozambicans\u201d to a general demonstration \u201cin repudiation of any manipulation of results, starting on 17 October\u201d, which was one of the measures that came out of this meeting of Renamo\u2019s National Political Commission.<\/p>\n

It also calls on civil society, religious denominations and the international community \u201cto act courageously and urgently in order to stop this manipulation of election results\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want the international community to come out and say something about the behaviour of the Frelimo party. There can\u2019t be one democracy for Europe and another for Mozambique,\u201d he said, also guaranteeing that Renamo will \u201clodge appeals with the competent institutions\u201d against the announced results.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe gave evidence that we won,\u201d said the Renamo leader, warning: \u201cIf the courts are not going to do their job, it\u2019s not for lack of complaint.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also said that Renamo would demand \u201cpublic clarification from the CNE about the various illicit acts committed under its impassive and serene gaze\u201d and that they intend to \u201chold the electoral bodies responsible for the mismanagement and conduct of the electoral process\u201d as well as \u201crequesting an audit of the origin and authorship of the parallel ballot papers used and the expiry date of the ballot boxes\u201d.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, the Mozambican Bar Association expressed \u201cdeep concern\u201d at the \u201chigh level of violence\u201d following Wednesday\u2019s local elections, which \u201creveals a discredit in the institutions that administer the electoral process\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe levels of violence, as well as being able to discredit any electoral result, can also generate suspicion regarding the integrity of the electoral act itself as a whole and of the institutions that administer it,\u201d says a statement from the Order, signed by its president, Carlos Martins.<\/p>\n

In recent days, the district and provincial election commissions have released the results of the intermediate tabulation of the vote in at least 46 municipalities, with Frelimo, the country\u2019s ruling party, winning in 45 \u2013 most of which were strongly contested by opposition parties and civil society observers \u2013 and the MDM retaining Beira, in Sofala province.<\/p>\n

Frelimo was announced the winner in Maputo, the capital, in Matola, the country\u2019s most populous city, but also in Nampula, the \u2018capital\u2019 of the north, and in Quelimane, the capital of Zambezia province, both of which until now had been led by Renamo.<\/p>\n

In the 2018 municipal elections, Frelimo won in 44 of the 53 municipalities \u2013 12 more municipalities were created in these elections \u2013 and the opposition won in only nine, in the case of Renamo, in eight, and the MDM in Beira.<\/p>\n

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