Mozambique Elections: President Nyusi warns of the risk of “political solutions”

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Mozambique Elections: President Nyusi warns of the risk of “political solutions”

11:32 CAT | 10 Dec 2024

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The President of the Republic of Mozambique, Filipe Nyusi, warned yesterday of the risk of “political solutions” in the face of the post-election tension characterized by demonstrations and strikes in the country, arguing that such political solutions entail the abandonment of the law.

“There is a language that you used in your introduction, that we need solutions of a political nature and not police or military ones, but you could also say not legal ones, because sometimes, when a political measure is taken, sometimes the law is abandoned and that law is what binds us,” argued President Filipe Nyusi in response to businesspeople who on Monday suggested political solutions to overcome the post-election crisis.

Nyusi told the country’s private business sector that he has held several meetings in search of solutions to the post-election crisis, in a scenario in which “many sensitivities conflict”.

“Laws are made by people, and we have to see when we go for one solution or another to avoid creating cyclical precedents at the level of our country. (…) The meetings we are holding tend to seek solutions and we can often be in a box, closed off, thinking that we have better solutions,” the president pointed out regarding the “political” solution proposed by the businessmen.

Mozambican business people asked Filipe Nyusi to put an end to the “vandalism” of institutions to restore peace with political solutions.

“We understand that the solution to the current crisis can only be political and not of any other nature, much less military, police or any other type of pressure,” Confederation of Economic Associations of Mozambique (CTA) president Agostinho Vuma said.

Presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane has called for a new phase of electoral protests lasting a week, from 4 to 11 December, in “all neighbourhoods” of Mozambique, with a stoppage of traffic from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm (minus two hours in Lisbon).

The announcement by the CNE on October 24, of the results of the October 9 elections, in which it attributed victory to Frelimo candidate Daniel Chapo with 70.67% of the votes, sparked popular protests, called by the also presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane, which have degenerated into violent clashes with the police.

According to the CNE, Mondlane came in second place, with 20.32%, but he does not recognize the results, which still have to be validated and proclaimed by the Constitutional Council.

Source: Lusa