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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>The election agent of Mozambique\u2019s ruling Frelimo Party, Foreign Minister Veronica Macamo, on Thursday categorically denied that Frelimo\u2019s victory in the municipal elections was due to fraud.<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters in Maputo immediately after the National Elections Commission (CNE) had declared provisional results granting Frelimo victory in 64 of the 65 municipalities, Macamo said \u201cWe didn\u2019t commit fraud. We worked to win the elections\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we ask for is simply calm\u201d, she added. \u201cThere is a proper place for dealing with complaints. We have all become rather used to protests after elections. This time there are more protests than previously, but we are not worried\u201d.<\/p>\n

What was important, said Macamo, was to follow the procedures to the end, when the official results will be declared. \u201cIf there is any anomaly, we will know about it\u201d, she stressed.<\/p>\n

Gloria Salvador, the election agent of the main opposition party, Renamo, insisted that the elections had been characterized by fraud and ballot box stuffing, which resulted in Frelimo\u2019s victory.<\/p>\n

She stressed that in municipalities such as Maputo, Matola, Quelimane, Nampula, and Vilanculo, Renamo has its own copies of the polling station results sheets (\u201ceditais\u201d) which prove that it won the elections.<\/p>\n

All the competing parties are entitled to a copy of the editais: so opposition claims could be checked by comparing their copies of the editais with those held by Frelimo or by the district elections commissions.<\/p>\n

Salvador said the election bodies were afraid of making such a comparison \u201cbecause they are in the service of the ruling party\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe CNE doesn\u2019t want to recognise that the results announced were fabricated\u201d, she declared. \u201cComparing the editais is a question of good will\u201d.<\/p>\n

The election agent of the Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM), Silva Cheia, declared that the results \u201cdo not reflect the will of the people. The people who will govern are not those who won\u201d.<\/p>\n

The CNE, she added, was not a referee \u201cbut also a player, assisting the Frelimo Party\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Deputy Chairperson of the CNE, Fernando Mazanga, who was appointed by Renamo, accused the chairperson, Anglican Bishop Carlos Matsinhe of \u201ccowardice\u201d.<\/p>\n

Cited in Friday\u2019s issue of the independent newssheet \u201cMediafax\u201d, Mazanga said that, in reality, the Bishop does not accept the results, and should have said so at the CNE meeting held on Wednesday. But instead he abstained.<\/p>\n

Mazanga said Matsinhe had succumbed to the threats he had received. His abstention, he added, \u201ctold Mozambicans that these elections are worthless\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t feel proud to be a member of this CNE\u201d, said Mazanga. \u201cI\u2019ve been a member of previous CNEs, and this is the worst\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Mozambique. The election agent of Mozambique\u2019s ruling Frelimo Party, Foreign Minister Veronica Macamo, on Thursday categorically denied that Frelimo\u2019s victory in the municipal elections was due to fraud. 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