The Mais Integridade civil society observer consortium is highly critical of the CC in a report yesterday titled “CC ruling leaves doubts about electoral truth”. These are a few quotes (translated from Portuguese):
- ·”One of the most critical aspects of this year’s decision is that the CC changed election results without explaining how it arrived at the changes, particularly whether or not they were the result of its own research.”
- “In addition to the data from the electoral bodies, the opposition parties submitted editais to the CC, but it is unclear whether the body used these copies, which leads one to question the practical usefulness of the copies of editais that the parties receive at the end of the day.”
- “Even with the power to change data in order to enforce justice, if there is sufficient evidence, namely editais at various levels, that there have been counting errors, the CC must give reasons for its decisions.”
- “From the document presented last Friday, it can be seen that the CC has refrained from taking bold decisions, even if they could hurt certain party interests, particularly in the main cities such as Maputo and Matola, thus refraining from fulfilling its role as the last pillar safeguarding our democratic rule of law.”
- “Administratively, in some municipalities, the Constitutional Council decided that Renamo candidates had won, removing a significant number of votes from Frelimo, without explaining the reasons behind the changes, including whether or not they were the result of its own investigation. But in the most important municipalities, such as Maputo and Matola, the CC kept Frelimo as the winner, even with evidence of serious irregularities that may have substantially influenced the results, to the detriment of Renamo.”
- “It is also unclear why the CC ordered a repeat vote in the municipality of Marromeu and not in the city of Maputo, for example, where serious irregularities were reported on polling day.”
- “The CC missed an opportunity to send a clear message that it does not condone or tolerate serious irregularities and electoral offences.”
To read, download, the full Mais Integridade report (in Portuguese), please click HERE.
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Source: Centro de Integridade Pública - CIP
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