{"id":98826,"date":"2026-03-28T16:15:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T16:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/court-grants-injunction-to-renamos-antonio-muchanga"},"modified":"2026-03-28T17:15:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T17:15:23","slug":"court-grants-injunction-to-renamos-antonio-muchanga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/court-grants-injunction-to-renamos-antonio-muchanga","title":{"rendered":"Court Grants Injunction to Renamo\u2019S Ant\u00f3nio Muchanga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. <\/strong> <\/span>The Maputo City Law Court has granted the injunction requested by Antonio Muchanga, a former parliamentary deputy for the opposition party Renamo, which stops the Renamo leadership from suspending him from party membership.<\/p>\n<p>Muchanga has become an outspoken dissident, demanding that Renamo leader Ossufo Momade resign. The party leadership took objection and on 10 February the Renamo Jurisdictional Council suspended him from Renamo membership for an indefinite period.<\/p>\n<p>Muchanga took the matter to court and on Tuesday, he won the case. Judge Helio Canjale of the City Law Court issued a ruling in favour of Muchanga, and suspending the decision of the Jurisdictional Council.<\/p>\n<p>The judge said that Muchanga can continue to represent Renamo, act in the name of the party and use the Renamo symbols. The judge also restored Muchanga\u2019s right to stand for elected office within the party, and to mobilise members of Renamo.<\/p>\n<p>The Jurisdictional Council\u2019s sanction against Muchanga violated the principles of legality, the judge said, because Muchanga was not given a chance to defend himself.<\/p>\n<p>No prior disciplinary proceedings had been initiated against him, and the Jurisdictional Council, under the Renamo statutes, did not have the power to suspend him from the party.<\/p>\n<p>Muchanga welcomed the court\u2019s ruling. Cited by the independent television station \u201cTV Sucesso\u201d, he said that not only Momade, but also the Jurisdictional Council should be removed from office.<\/p>\n<p>He believed that the Renamo National Council might also have to be sacked \u201csince it is clear that Renamo is being badly led. It is being run by people who are incompetent or who bear grudges, and who are only prepared to destroy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Muchanga added that Renamo \u201cshould understand that it cannot be led by imbeciles and should instead choose its best cadres\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Renamo was once the country\u2019s main opposition party, but it has now been clearly overtaken by the National Alliance for a Free and Autonomous Mozambique (Anamola), led by former presidential candidate Venancio Mondlane.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Mozambique<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. The Maputo City Law Court has granted the injunction requested by Antonio Muchanga, a former parliamentary deputy for the opposition party Renamo, which stops the Renamo leadership from suspending him from party membership. Muchanga has become an outspoken dissident, demanding that Renamo leader Ossufo Momade resign. The party leadership took objection and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":98825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,10],"tags":[283],"class_list":["post-98826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-mozambique"],"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>Court Grants Injunction to Renamo\u2019S Ant\u00f3nio Muchanga - Mozambique<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"-article-header-tag&quot;&gt; Africa-Press - Mozambique. 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