Mozambique Elections: Two Portuguese among MEPs in EU election observer mission

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Mozambique Elections: Two Portuguese among MEPs in EU election observer mission

9:08 CAT | 07 Oct 2024

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Brussels announced on Friday that MEPs Hélder Sousa Silva (PSD) and Marta Temido (PS) will participate in the European Union (EU) observation mission to the general elections in Mozambique on Wednesday.

According to a press release from the PSD delegation in the European Parliament (EP), Hélder Sousa Silva will be part of a team of international observers who will monitor the elections on the ground, ensuring that all procedures follow international standards and that they are free, fair and transparent.

The delegation includes Spanish, Greek, Austrian, and Hungarian MEPs in addition to Sousa Silva and Marta Temido.

The EU has been monitoring the electoral process in Mozambique since 1994.

The EU mission is being sent at the invitation of Maputo, with a mandate to “make an objective, rigorous and exhaustive assessment of all aspects of the electoral process, in harmony with national legislation and under the international and regional principles and standards ratified by Mozambique on democratic elections”.

Mozambique is holding its seventh presidential elections next Wednesday – in which the current head of state, Filipe Nyusi, who has reached the constitutional limit of two terms, is no longer running – at the same time as the seventh legislative elections and the fourth for provincial assemblies and governors.

The election campaign ends on Sunday.

According to data from the National Electoral Commission, more than 17 million voters are registered to vote on Wednesday, including 333,839 registered abroad.

Running for the presidency are Daniel Chapo, supported by the Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo), Ossufo Momade, supported by the Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo), the largest opposition party, Lutero Simango, supported by the Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM), the third largest parliamentary force, and Venâncio Mondlane, supported by the Optimistic Party for the Development of Mozambique (Podemos).

Source: Lusa