Mozambique: Álvaro Massingue elected president of CTA – Watch

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Mozambique: Álvaro Massingue elected president of CTA – Watch

5:56 CAT | 15 May 2025

Screen grab: Miramar

Alvaro Massingue, the chairperson of the Mozambique Chamber of Commerce (CCM), on Wednesday won the election to become the next President of the Confederation of Mozambican Business Associations (CTA) despite all the attempts of the outgoing CTA leadership to prevent him from standing.

Massingue’s opponents initially accused him of trying to buy votes. It was said that he had paid membership fee arrears for dozens of CTA affiliates. Massingue denied the accusation but also pointed out that there is nothing illegal or contrary to the CTA statutes in paying the membership fees of other organisations.

When the outgoing CTA leadership, under Agostinho Vuma, refused to add his name to the ballot paper, Massingue went to court.

The Maputo City Law Court ordered the CTA to allow Massingue to run. For some days it seemed as if the CTA intended to defy the court order, but on Wednesday the Vuma leadership conceded.

It took a meeting of the CTA General Assembly to accept the court order and allow Massingue to stand. The last minute change to the ballot paper meant that the voting could not take place at 09.00, as initially planned, but was delayed until 17.00.

The result of the Wednesday election was a clear victory for Massingue. He won 87 votes to 62 cast for Lineu Candieiro, the candidate favoured by the outgoing leadership. A third candidate, Maria Abdula, won 12 votes. She is the wife of a previous CTA chairperson, Salimo Abdula.

Source: AIM / Miramar