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Some sectors of Mozambican society, mainly figures from the academic world, are urging the government to accept Renamo’s insistence on the presence of mediators for the resumption of political dialogue.
Irae Lundi, a researcher from the Mozambican Centre for African Studies, says that given the lack of trust between the government and Renamo, the presence of international mediators could only help the parties reach an understanding.
“The government must accept the presence of the mediators,” Lundi says.
Renamo has proposed the Catholic church, the European Union and South African President Jacob Zuma as mediators. Dialogue between the government and Renamo has been suspended for more than four months.
Luis de Brito, director of the Institute of Social and Economic Studies, argues that only the presence of international mediators can guarantee a way out of the current impasse.
“We are, in essence, experiencing a kind of hidden war, which is not yet a generalized war, but which is having a very negative effect on the lives of people and on the economy,” de Brito said.
Though recognizing that trust between the government and Renamo has been undermined, professor of Conflict Negotiation at the International Relations Institute of Mozambique Calton Cadeado says that responsibility does not lie only with the executive.
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