Mondlane “completely open” to dialogue to resolve post-election crisis in Mozambique

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Mondlane “completely open” to dialogue to resolve post-election crisis in Mozambique

2:47 CAT | 29 Jan 2025

Screen grab: Venâncio Mondlane / Facebook

Mondlane once again expressed his openness to dialogue with the Mozambican head of state, Daniel Chapo, to put an end to the post-election crisis in the country, saying that he has not yet been contacted.

“I have not yet been contacted [for dialogue]. When I am invited I will present my views, I have already conveyed this message several times. […] The only problem is that, at the moment, he [Daniel Chapo] is blocked and does not want to make room at this dialogue table,” Mondlane told the media yesterday during a visit to people injured in the demonstrations in Maputo Central Hospital.

President Daniel Chapo is in dialogue with political parties to discuss potential reforms including changes to the electoral law and the Constitution of the Republic. The talks were initiated by the previous president, Filipe Nyusi, in the face of the post-electoral crisis in the country.

On Monday, Chapo announced consensus on terms of reference to discuss state reforms, including changes to the electoral law, after meeting with four leaders of party forces.

“We met with the leaders, we worked during the afternoon within the scope of the political dialogue segment and we have terms of reference to work on the document that can end, after all the consensus has been formulated, with signatures, as a concrete commitment of the leaders with representation in the Assembly of the Republic,” Chapo declared.

Mondlane reaffirmed this Tuesday that “a good part” of the reforms in question are part of ideas that he himself has been promoting for years and, consequently, his contributing to the dialogue would not be a problem.

“I am totally open to this,” Mondlane stressed while visiting Bobole [neighbourhood] on the outskirts of Maputo, one of the points where the clashes between the police and the protesters were most intense.

Since October 21, Mozambique has been experiencing a climate of social unrest, with protests and strikes called by former presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane. Violent clashes between the police and demonstrators have resulted in at least 315 deaths, including those of around two dozen minors, and around 750 people suffering gunshot wounds, according to the electoral platform Decide, a non-governmental organization which monitors electoral processes.

Venâncio Mondlane does not recognize the results announced in the general elections of October 9, which gave victory to Daniel Chapo, who has already been sworn in as the fifth President of Mozambique.

Source: Lusa