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Decentralisation: MDM proposes elimination of districts which coincide with municipalities – Mozambique
4:07 CAT | 30 Mar 2017
File photo / Lutero Simango
MDM wants the law of creating districts by province to be reviewed
In 2016, the MDM parliamentary bench submitted to the Assembly of the Republic a request to review the law by which provinces can create districts, and yesterday, the Parliamentary Commission on Public Administration, Local Government and Social Communication convened to establish the essence of the proposal.
After all, the MDM intends to extinguish districts whose territories coincide with municipalities, MDM’s Luther Simango saying it is a waste of human and financial resources to have two authorities in the same place.
The MDM suggestion raised heated debate in the fourth parliamentary commission room. Lucas Chomera, president of the Commission, told the head of the MDM bench that the problem of competencies in districts and municipalities should be resolved not by the disbandment of districts, but rather by the reinforcement of supervision.
The Commission’s rapporteur, António Muchanga, supported Chomera, saying that it does not make sense to abolish districts, because within them there are district courts which would be set adrift.
The MDM proposal will now go to the plenary assembly session for debate by all MPs.
Source: O País
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