Mozambique Elections: MISA condemns attacks against journalists
Noticias / President Filipe Jacito Nyusi
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi yesterday bemoaned the waste of resources in the military conflict in central and northern Mozambique, saying they could be better used in food development and production.
“We are wasting energies that could be better used to promote our country’s development addressing political instability,” the head of state said at a recreational and sporting picnic at the Zimpeto Stadium outside Maputo promoted by the Old Apostolic Church of Mozambique.
Without peace, he said, Mozambique would not be able to produce enough food for domestic needs or surpluses for export and foreign exchange.
Mozambique is facing an economic crisis marked by metical devaluation, reduced investment and foreign aid, increased public debt and a sharp increase in the cost of living, as well as the impact of a military conflict between Defence and Security Forces and the armed wing of the Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo), which does not recognise the results of the 2014 general election, alleging fraud.
The parties have resumed dialogue in Maputo in the presence of international mediators, but negotiations have yet to produce results.
Filipe Nyusi also referred to the tragic tanker explosion on Thursday in Caphiridzange, central Tete province, which killed 73 people, according to the latest official assessment, and left dozens injured, some in critical condition.
The head of state reiterated that the Government “is doing everything possible so that the pain of those who have been affected by the accident and their families is minimised”.
Filipe Nyusi said that a multi-sectoral Government team was already in the province “to establish the causes, take the necessary measures and provide the necessary follow-up”.
The cause of the explosion, which occurred while dozens of people were stealing fuel from the tanker truck, remains uncertain, the Minister for State Administration said yesterday at a press conference in the city of Tete, saying it was best to wait for the results of the commission of inquiry.
Carmelita Namashulua said the government had also set up a commission to ensure that survivors of families shattered by the accident were not left in distress. The social support commission would survey survivors’ needs and intervene according to conditions on the ground and in the light of the facts.
Mozambique is today passing the third of three days of national mourning decreed by the Government following the tragedy.
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