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Former Mayor of Chokwe Sentenced to Prison For Corruption – Mozambique
10:13 CAT | 02 Dec 2015
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The former mayor of the town of Chokwe in the southern Mozambican province of Gaza, Jorge Macuácua, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment on charges of corruption, reports Tuesday’s issue of the Maputo daily ‘Noticias’.
On Monday the Chokwe District Court found him guilty of abuse of office and of falsifying documents. In addition to the jail sentence, Macuácua must compensate the state for his crimes to the tune of 578,219 meticais (about US$10,500 at current exchange rates).
The offences took place in 2009-2010, and help explain why, in July 2011, the ruling Frelimo Party demanded that Macuácua resign as mayor. He was one of five mayors whose performance worried Frelimo so much that the party asked for their resignations (although they were not all suspected of corruption or embezzlement).
Three of them (Pio Matos in Quelimane, Sadique Yacub in Pemba, and Arnaldo Maloa in Cuamba) obeyed their party, and mayoral by-elections were duly held in those cities later in 2011.
But Macuacua defied Frelimo, as did the mayor of Manhica, Alberto Chicamba. They both completed their terms as mayor, but were not reselected as candidates for the subsequent municipal elections in 2013.
Source: AIM
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