CTA: Maputo court suspends Business Confederation chairman elections

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CTA: Maputo court suspends Business Confederation chairman elections

2:39 CAT | 03 May 2017

O País / CTA will explain on 11 May how it came to rule out the candicay of Quessanias Matsombe, pictured in the file photo above.

The Judicial Court of Ka-Mpfumo in Maputo city has intervened to suspend elections to the presidency of the Confederation of Economic Associations of Mozambique (CTA) which have a single candidate, the campaign director of Quessanias Mastombe, the candidate excluded from the poll has told O País.

“I confirm that the elections on 4 May are ruled void and will take place on a future date to be announced,” Quessanias Mastombe’s campaign director Mateus Tembe said.

According to Tembe, the CTA will explain to the court on May 11 how and why Matsombe’s candidacy was rejected, leaving only one candidate, Agostinho Vuma.

“It is a decision rendered in an interim order and it is therefore provisional until the court itself decides otherwise. On May 11, the CTA will be heard in the aforementioned precautionary measure,” a statement from Quessanias’ candidacy office reads.

When excluded from the proceedings, Matsombe said that he would appeal to the court. His supporters received the court’s response, bringing the case before the judiciary and notifying the CTA to appear before the court, at about 10:00 a.m. yesterday morning.

Agostinho Vuma announced the end of his campaign at 6:00 p.m. yesterday.

Meanwhile, the chairman of the Electoral Commission, Pedro Baltazar, told O País at around 5:30 p.m. yesterday that he had not yet had any official information from the Confederation of Economic Associations and therefore could not confirm the suspension of the elections scheduled for tomorrow, Thursday 4 May.

Source: O País