{"id":51986,"date":"2023-12-11T21:03:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T21:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/maputo-mainly-unaffected-by-renamos-paralysation-call"},"modified":"2023-12-11T21:55:53","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T21:55:53","slug":"maputo-mainly-unaffected-by-renamos-paralysation-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/maputo-mainly-unaffected-by-renamos-paralysation-call","title":{"rendered":"Maputo mainly unaffected by Renamo\u2019s paralysation call"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>The city of Maputo is functioning almost normally today, though affected by the heavy rain that fell early on, despite the call by the Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo, the largest opposition party) to paralyse the capital, contesting the election results.<\/p>\n

During a tour this morning, Lisa saw that public services are operating normally, as are some transport and shops, although some shopping centres in the downtown area of the capital are closed, while the rain that has been affecting Maputo for almost three days is affecting the usual street sales, which are calmer today compared to other days.<\/p>\n

In some places, such as Prac\u0327a dos Combatentes, heavy police reinforcement is visible, but no incidents have been reported, while other small businesses have chosen not to open.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Renamo appealed for everyone to stay at home today and said that it was \u201cnot responsible\u201d for the consequences of anyone not doing so.<\/p>\n

Carolina Manhique, 43, a street vendor selling badjias, a typical bean pastry, told Lusa that she was surprised to find little traffic in the city but was unaware of Renamo\u2019s appeal.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I heard about it, I was scared, but thank God I sold and finished, and I\u2019m going home now,\u201d said the vendor, a mother of two who supports them with this business.<\/p>\n

\u201cI come from Magoanine, and there was no traffic there either in the morning. If I\u2019d known about the strike, I wouldn\u2019t have left home, even though life is too hard to stay at home, but taking risks isn\u2019t good either,\u201d Carolina said as she waited for transport at the Guerra Popular bus stop in the city to return home.<\/p>\n

Manuel Marrengula, an electrician, told Lusa that he had \u201cheard about the strike\u201d today, but he had to leave his house. \u201cEven if I\u2019m scared, there\u2019s no way I\u2019m not going to leave the house. If the boss says I have to work, there\u2019s no way.\u201d<\/p>\n

While waiting in Prac\u0327a dos Trabalhadores to go to kaTembe for a construction job, he admitted the difficulty in getting transport. \u201cIt hasn\u2019t turned up yet. On normal days I would have caught one by now.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a statement released on Sunday, Renamo said that joining the strike \u201cis voluntary, so declining to do so is legitimate, but the Renamo party in Maputo City is not responsible for any social impacts\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs part of the struggle for electoral justice,\u201d Renamo \u201ccommunicates to all residents, businesspeople, students, informal sector workers, residents or users of services in the Maputo city district\u201d that this Monday \u201cthere will be a mega protest aimed at repudiating the results presented by the Constitutional Council, called \u2018Monday Paralysed: Maputo Do Electoral Justice’\u201d.<\/p>\n

On 28 November, in one of the dozens of marches in Maputo to contest the results announced, hundreds of Renamo supporters once again took to the streets to say that the Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo) \u201cwill not govern\u201d the capital, with the party\u2019s candidate, Vena\u0302ncio Mondlane, calling for the city to be brought to a standstill.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe time has come for the people to prove that it is the people who are in power,\u201d warned Vena\u0302ncio Mondlane as he addressed the crowd waiting for him outside what was then the first protest march in the capital following the proclamation of the election results by the Constitutional Council (CC) four days earlier.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s all agree for two days to stop everything in this city,\u201d he said at the time, in an appeal to all professional classes, guaranteeing that it is necessary to \u201cparalyse the economy\u201d in order to challenge the \u201cfraud\u201d in the local elections and \u201creturn victory to the people\u201d.<\/p>\n

On 24 November, the CC, the final court of appeal in electoral processes in Mozambique, proclaimed Frelimo, the ruling party, the winner of the local elections in 56 municipalities, including Maputo, against the previous 64 announced by the CNE, with Renamo going from none to four, and ordered repeat elections in another four.<\/p>\n

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