Mozambique Elections: Frelimo in Nampula province condemns alleged opposition violence – AIM

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Mozambique Elections: Frelimo in Nampula province condemns alleged opposition violence – AIM

10:59 CAT | 05 Jun 2023

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Mozambique’s ruling Frelimo Party, in the northern province of Nampula, has condemned illegal behavior, supposedly committed by opposition parties, during the voter registration period which ended on Saturday.

Osvaldo Algumassa, the Secretary of the Frelimo Provincial Committee for Organisation, said his party “vehemently condemns the electoral crimes registered in the eight municipal districts in Nampula, where members of the opposition political parties have committed acts of violence against our election monitors, our members and sympathisers and members of the public, so as to prevent them from registering as voters”.

He mentioned in particular an incident on 7 May, when unknown assailants burnt down a house belonging to a Frelimo member.

“We lament the macabre act that occurred on 7 May, when unknown men burnt down the home of our comrade Jamal Essiaca because he had denounced a case of illicit collection of money in the Namicopo Complete Primary School”, said Algumassa.

He recognized that there had been “difficulties of various kinds” in Nampula during the registration, but regarded the 43 days of voter registration as a “positive” exercise.

He praised the work done by the electoral administration bodies “despite the difficulties faced in the initial days, characterised by slow attendance, poor mastery of how to handle the computer equipment, and constant breakdowns of the computers, among other situations”.

The projections made by the Electoral Administration Secretariat (STAE), based on figures from the National Statistics Institute (INE) are that there are 1,474,465 potential voters in the eight municipal districts – namely Nampula city, Monapo, Nacala, Angoche, Ribáuè, Malema, Mozambique Island and Mossuril.

Source: AIM