{"id":74562,"date":"2024-12-24T21:23:43","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T21:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-court-confirms-presidential-election-results"},"modified":"2024-12-24T21:47:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T21:47:41","slug":"mozambique-court-confirms-presidential-election-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-court-confirms-presidential-election-results","title":{"rendered":"Mozambique court confirms presidential election results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span><b>The Constitutional Council acknowledged irregularities in the election but ruled they did not significantly alter the results.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Mozambique\u2019s Constitutional Council has declared Daniel Francisco Chapo the winner of the disputed October presidential election, securing 65.17% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[The Constitutional Council] proclaims as elected president of the Republic of Mozambique, the citizen Daniel Francisco Chapo,\u201d announced Lucia da Luz Ribeiro, the court\u2019s president.<\/p>\n<p>Opposition leader Vena\u0302ncio Mondlane, who received 24.29%, accused the ruling Frelimo party of vote-rigging and has rejected the court\u2019s decision. Mondlane\u2019s supporters took to the streets of Maputo, burning tires and blocking roads.<\/p>\n<p>Protester Cla\u0301udio Cumbe expressed anger over the government\u2019s response:<\/p>\n<p>Protests over the election have led to violent clashes, with over 100 people reportedly killed in recent weeks. Mondlane has called for a nationwide \u201cshutdown\u201d starting Friday, heightening fears of further unrest.<\/p>\n<p>The Constitutional Council acknowledged irregularities in the election but ruled they did not significantly alter the results. Chapo\u2019s victory ensures another term for Frelimo, Mozambique\u2019s ruling party since independence in 1975.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Mozambique<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. The Constitutional Council acknowledged irregularities in the election but ruled they did not significantly alter the results. Mozambique\u2019s Constitutional Council has declared Daniel Francisco Chapo the winner of the disputed October presidential election, securing 65.17% of the vote. \u201c[The Constitutional Council] proclaims as elected president of the Republic of Mozambique, the citizen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":74561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[259,283,5900,1286],"class_list":["post-74562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-maputo","tag-mozambique","tag-opposition","tag-presidential-elections"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mozambique court confirms presidential election results - Mozambique<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Constitutional Council acknowledged irregularities in the election but ruled they did not significantly alter the ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-court-confirms-presidential-election-results\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mozambique court confirms presidential election results\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Constitutional Council acknowledged irregularities in the election but ruled they did not significantly alter the ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-court-confirms-presidential-election-results\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mozambique\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-12-24T21:23:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-24T21:47:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2024\/12\/sm_1735064065.271684.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"538\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-court-confirms-presidential-election-results#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-court-confirms-presidential-election-results\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Mozambique court confirms presidential election results\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-24T21:23:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-24T21:47:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-court-confirms-presidential-election-results\"},\"wordCount\":191,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-court-confirms-presidential-election-results#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2024\/12\/sm_1735064065.271684.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Maputo\",\"Mozambique\",\"Opposition\",\"Presidential elections\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-court-confirms-presidential-election-results#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-court-confirms-presidential-election-results\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-court-confirms-presidential-election-results\",\"name\":\"Mozambique court confirms presidential election results - 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