Mozambique: National Elections Commission members sworn into office – Domingo

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Mozambique: National Elections Commission members sworn into office – Domingo

2:10 CAT | 15 Jan 2021

Photo: Sala da Paz

Members of the National Election Commission (CNE) must favour consensual decisions in the exercise of their functions, with a view to enhancing the reputation of the country’s electoral processes.

To do so, they will have to put aside their party colours and act as a team, ensuring the proper management of elections in Mozambique and putting an end to suspicions of malfeasance.

President Filipe Nyusi this morning swore into office the 17 members of the CNE, challenging them on the occasion to put an end to the late opening of polling stations and divergences between the ballot papers at the polls and the results sheets [‘editais’] posted at polling stations.

“From now on, you do not represent any one group of Mozambicans, but the nation. In the exercise of your duties, you should be guided by the distinction, and the mission, impartiality and values of the institution that you are joining,” Filipe Nyusi said, enjoining constant dialogue between the members of the body.

President Nyusi similarly asked political parties, coalitions of political parties, civil society and citizens in general to cooperate with the electoral management and administration body.

Carlos Cauio, Rodrigues Timba, Abílio Diruai, Eugénia Cimpene, António Mauvilo, Fernando Mazanga, Maria Anastácia Xavier, Abílio Fonseca, Alberto Sabe and Barnabé Ncomo, representing political parties with parliamentary seats, were among the newly sworn-in. From civil society came Alice Banze, Carlos Matsinhe, Daúde Ibramogy, Paulo Cuinica, Salomão Moyane, Rui Cherene and Apolínario João.

The CNE is now meeting to elect the president of the body, by law from among the members proposed by civil society.

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Source: Jornal Domingo