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Mozambique: President Chapo enacts law on Political Commitment to Dialogue
4:39 CAT | 14 Apr 2025
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The Mozambican head of state, Daniel Chapo, has promulgated and ordered the publication of the law on the Political Commitment for an Inclusive National Dialogue, the Presidency office announced in a statement.
At issue is the draft bill on the Political Commitment for an Inclusive National Dialogue, based on the agreement between Mozambican president Daniel Chapo and the main political parties, signed on 5 March and submitted to the country’s parliament for debate.
“The promulgation of the Law approving the political commitment for an inclusive national dialogue is the result of the urgent scheduling requested by the head of state for the consideration of the draft bill, in accordance with the understanding reached between the government and the political parties represented in the Parliament, the Provincial Assemblies and the Municipal Assembly on 5 March 2025,” the Mozambican presidency office said in a statement.
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Among other things, the political agreement to pacify Mozambique provides for the revision of the country’s constitution and powers of the president, and pardons for those convicted in the context of the post-election demonstrations.
On 2 April, the four benches of the Mozambican parliament unanimously approved the draft bill for the political agreement to pacify the country, including the revision of the constitution and the powers of the president.
The purpose of the law is to “establish the principles and guidelines for an inclusive national dialogue” and “establish agreements on aspects of constitutional revision and governance”.
Within the scope of the constitutional reform, three objectives are assumed, first of all providing for the “reform of the state,” with measures at the level of the “political system, the powers of the country’s president, the de-partisanship of state institutions, decentralisation and political, economic and financial deconcentration.”
It also includes the “reform of the justice system”, namely the “system for appointing the heads of justice bodies and their financial and administrative independence”, and the “reform of the electoral system”, in this case with the “definition of a new model, composition of electoral administration bodies, electoral legislation, electoral justice bodies, among other aspects that contribute to the integrity of the entire electoral process”.
The draft bill includes the establishment of a 21-member technical commission – 18 from the parties and three appointed by civil society – to operationalise these measures, with a proposed budget of 91,471,200 meticais (€1.3 million), more than half of which is for attendance fees, funds to be provided by the government and the parties.
The former presidential candidate, Venâncio Mondlane, who does not recognise the results of the October 9 general elections that gave victory to Daniel Chapo, who was sworn in as Mozambique’s fifth president in January, has since October 21 called for protests that in five months have caused around 390 deaths in clashes with the police, according to data from civil society organisations, and have also degenerated into looting and the destruction of businesses and public infrastructure.
However, on 23 March, Venâncio Mondlane and Daniel Chapo met for the first time and a commitment was made to stop the violence in the country.
Source: Lusa
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