{"id":98913,"date":"2026-03-30T17:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T17:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/decentralisation-law-revision-to-be-submitted-to-parliament"},"modified":"2026-03-30T17:48:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T17:48:01","slug":"decentralisation-law-revision-to-be-submitted-to-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/decentralisation-law-revision-to-be-submitted-to-parliament","title":{"rendered":"Decentralisation Law Revision to Be Submitted to Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. <\/strong> <\/span>The President of the Mozambican Liberation Front (Frelimo), the ruling party, said on Sunday that he will submit to the Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, in the coming days, the proposal to revise the law on the decentralisation model, after two years of reflection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe duplication of bodies dealing with the same matters creates institutional and interpersonal conflicts. The proposal for the revision [of the decentralisation model] is ready and, in the coming days, we will submit it to the Assembly of the Republic for approval still in this tenth ordinary session currently underway,\u201d said Daniel Chapo, who is also President of the Republic of Mozambique, as cited by the media.<\/p>\n<p>Chapo was speaking during a meeting with the first secretaries of the Mozambican Liberation Front (Frelimo), held in the city of Beira, provincial capital of Sofala, in the centre of the country.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Frelimo leader, the decision comes after the Commission for Reflection on the Decentralised Governance Model (CREMOD) and debates in academic, political, and societal forums pointed to the need for the \u201curgent revision\u201d of the model.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe model has generated much debate and presents organisational and operational challenges for the two provincial governance bodies, the Provincial Executive Council, led by the governor, and the Council of State Secretary Representation, led by the Sate Secretary in the Province,\u201d said Daniel Chapo.<\/p>\n<p>Comprising 23 members from various sectors of Mozambican society, CREMOD was launched in 2023 with a mandate to gather contributions over two years aimed at improving the current process of administrative and territorial reorganisation of the State.<\/p>\n<p>On 10 August 2025, the Mozambican President assured that the decentralised governance model to be adopted in Mozambique would be \u201cdeepened\u201d within the framework of the ongoing political dialogue for the country\u2019s pacification, a few days after CREMOD presented its conclusions to the Government.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Daniel Chapo also argued that decentralised governance \u201cmust be a lever that drives initiatives of provinces, municipalities, districts, localities, and communities in realising\u201d the \u201cstrategic vision for Mozambique\u2019s economic independence.\u201d<\/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 President of the Mozambican Liberation Front (Frelimo), the ruling party, said on Sunday that he will submit to the Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, in the coming days, the proposal to revise the law on the decentralisation model, after two years of reflection. \u201cThe duplication of bodies dealing with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":98912,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,10],"tags":[283],"class_list":["post-98913","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>Decentralisation Law Revision to Be Submitted to Parliament - Mozambique<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"-article-header-tag&quot;&gt; Africa-Press - Mozambique. 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