{"id":86365,"date":"2025-07-11T09:21:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T09:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/civil-society-criticizes-president-for-rejecting-accord"},"modified":"2025-07-11T10:03:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T10:03:46","slug":"civil-society-criticizes-president-for-rejecting-accord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/civil-society-criticizes-president-for-rejecting-accord","title":{"rendered":"Civil Society Criticizes President for Rejecting Accord"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>The Mozambican Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) accused President Daniel Chapo on Thursday of playing \u201cpolitical games\u201d that threaten the \u201cseriousness\u201d of the ongoing dialogue, when he denied having signed any agreement with Vena\u0302ncio Mondlane.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are political games that President Chapo is playing. They are political games and it is these political games that are damaging us as a country. It\u2019s that lack of honesty, lack of commitment and seriousness in the dialogues and agreements that we sign,\u201d said Andre\u0301 Mulungo, from the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), answering questions from journalists in Maputo about the alleged lack of agreement in the March and May meetings between the President and politician Vena\u0302ncio Mondlane, a former presidential candidate.<\/p>\n

Vena\u0302ncio Mondlane said on 27 June that the agreement with the Mozambican President \u201cis not what is being put into practice\u201d, \u201cneither at the level of discourse, nor at the level of positioning, nor at the level of execution and implementation of what was said\u201d.<\/p>\n

On 2 July, the President of Mozambique, Daniel Chapo, said in an interview with Lusa that the agreement to pacify the country after the electoral process is being fulfilled and that the signatories, the political parties, are satisfied.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a very important aspect. The agreement with Vena\u0302ncio Mondlane has not been signed. And I don\u2019t know what agreement you\u2019re talking about. There was an agreement, which we signed with the political parties, and Vena\u0302ncio Mondlane didn\u2019t have a party yet. He may have one in the future,\u201d said Daniel Chapo.<\/p>\n

Speaking to journalists yesterday, Mulungo criticised the head of state for saying that he had not signed any agreement with the former presidential candidate, accusing him of playing politics.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t make a statement from the Presidency saying that you met with people, a statement from the Presidency saying that we are endeavouring to seek peace and reconciliation and then in another forum go and say that you didn\u2019t talk, you didn\u2019t negotiate and you didn\u2019t enter into agreements,\u201d said Andre\u0301 Mulungo.<\/p>\n

Mulungo recalls that since 1994, the year of the first multi-party elections, Mozambique has experienced cycles of violence and multiple agreements that fail to be implemented due to a lack of political will.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we go to agreements, we are not honest, there is no seriousness, there is no honesty when we go to dialogue (…) The question I can ask you is whether the ruling Front for the Liberation of Mozambique [Frelimo] wants to leave power or not,\u201d Mulungo said.<\/p>\n

After months of social unrest and demonstrations contesting the election results \u2013 which caused around 400 deaths and a great deal of destruction across the country \u2013 with victory for Daniel Chapo and the Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo), the head of state and Vena\u0302ncio Mondlane met for the first time on 23 March in Maputo and agreed to pacify the country, repeating the meeting on 20 May.<\/p>\n

Earlier, on 5 May, the president signed an agreement with all parties for the pacification of the country, which provided for revisions to the electoral law, the Constitution of the Republic, and the powers of the head of state, among other changes.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Mozambique. The Mozambican Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) accused President Daniel Chapo on Thursday of playing \u201cpolitical games\u201d that threaten the \u201cseriousness\u201d of the ongoing dialogue, when he denied having signed any agreement with Vena\u0302ncio Mondlane. \u201cThese are political games that President Chapo is playing. 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