International community says dialogue is the way out of Mozambican crisis

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International community says dialogue is the way out of Mozambican crisis

1:50 CAT | 05 Apr 2016

Voa Portugues / File photo of a meeting between Afonso Dhalkama (L) and president Filipe Nyusi (R) in February 2015

The international community continues to express its concern over the political and military tension in Mozambique, and is calling for the resumption of dialogue between the government and Renamo.

The appeal comes at a time when some think that Afonso Dhlakama, with the pressure he is putting on Frelimo, does not want so much to take power by force as to set the political agenda.

Once the deadline for the installation of Renamo governments in the six provinces where it claims victory in the 2014 elections had passed, the United Nations representative in Mozambique, Marcia de Castro, went public to say that only dialogue can lead to a political solution to this conflict.

Castro acknowledges that the political and military conflict is of concern to all Mozambicans and said that it was necessary to find “space for dialogue and search for reconciled solutions”.

“The United Nations does not support conflict and does not consider that it is possible to find lasting solutions through activities that promote conflict,” Castro said.

European Union ambassador in Mozambique, Sven Burgsdorff, is also concerned about political tension, saying that, without peace, Mozambique will not be able to develop even though rich in natural resources.

Burgsdorff has offered to help Mozambique deal with the present situation, but also insists that dialogue is the only way for it to achieve its goals.

Some political commentators however maintain that Afonso Dhlakama is aware that he will not come to power by military means, but is maintaining pressure on the government by maintaining pressure on the populations, whose safety the government has a constitutional obligation to ensure.

Source: Voa Portugues