{"id":49138,"date":"2023-10-25T20:07:49","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T20:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/only-constitutional-council-can-force-new-elections"},"modified":"2023-10-25T21:49:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T21:49:40","slug":"only-constitutional-council-can-force-new-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/only-constitutional-council-can-force-new-elections","title":{"rendered":"Only Constitutional Council can force new elections"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>The Constitutional Council (CC) yesterday issued two rulings on the current local elections. The first makes it clear that it has exclusive competence to annul or order the repetition of elections, and district courts do not have this power. However, such a decision can only be taken after the CNE has finalised the general tabulation of results. Thus, the CNE declared null and void the judgement of the Cho\u0301kwe\u0300 district court to cancel the election there, forcing a re-run.<\/p>\n

In its ruling on the municipal elections in Cho\u0301kwe\u0300, the CC recognises that the Cho\u0301kwe\u0300 District Electoral Commission (CDE) violated the law by not accrediting the delegates of the New Democracy party. The CDE said that there was a conflict of interest because the party had nominated as delegates the same people running for the municipal assembly. The CC says that the law does not prevent candidates for the municipal assembly from also being accredited as delegates. In other words, the CDE\u2019s decision \u201ccalled into question the principle of electoral transparency in the 11 October elections in the city of Cho\u0301kwe\u0300\u201d, which the CC considers \u201cillegal\u201d.<\/p>\n

But the CC annuled the judgement of the Cho\u0301kwe\u0300 District Court, because it does not fall within its competence to annul elections. The CC emphasises that the Constitution of Mozambique has given it exclusive competence to \u201cvalidate the results of elections\u201d and not to the lower courts. Therefore, the final decision on whether or not to annul the results in the city of Cho\u0301kwe\u0300 will only be taken in the process of validating the results by the CC. That is the last stage of the process and follows the announcement of the general tabulation of results by the CNE, which must occur on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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