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High turnout in many rural zones: but few registering in the south | CIP Mozambique Elections

4:39 CAT | 21 Mar 2024

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High turnout in many rural zones

Inhambane turnout is mixed, with high turnout in Funhalouro district. In the Natal Ngovene Primary School, in Mabote district, there were enormous queues on the second day, and the registration of all the voters could not be finished by 17:30.

In some places there was an early rush. Brigade members from the Salamanga community, in Matutuine, Maputo province, quickly registered 188 voters, but then people stopped coming..

In Vanduzi, Manica, in the early morning there was a crowd at Samora Machel neighbourhood. There was also a high turnout of voters at the Milione school, in Macossa district.

There was a large queue on 17 March at the Vieira EPC post in Meconta district, Nampula. It was not possible to register all the potential voters and so tickets were distributed for them to come back the following day. Other posts, such as that at the Cabo Lourenço EPC also recorded large crowds.

Niassa province is recording a high turnout of potential voters, at the majority of the registration posts visited by our correspondents, particularly in the non-municipal regions.

But few registering in the south

But there has been a poor turnout at many registration posts, particularly in the south, even the districts that were not covered by the voter registration for the municipal elections last year. Our correspondents in the non-municipal districts in Maputo and Gaza report an almost total absence of voters. There are posts which only register three voters in three hours. Hence, just one voter appears per hour, and less than 20 voters per day.

The scenario is the same in Gaza zones with municipalities as in the non-municipal districts, such as Limpopo, Chongoene, Massangena, Chigubo, Mapai, Mabalane and others.

In the Maputo districts, the scenario is the same. For example, in the Mabilibili community, brigade number 03, located in the Mabilibili Secondary School, in Matutuine district, had only registered 52 voters by Saturday afternoon.

In Machipanda, in Manica, an area without municipalities, by the second day, not a single voter had registered. The brigade members say this is happening because the population are not informed.

Source: Centro de Integridade Publica - CIP