Mozambique: CNE still does not know how much money it will have for municipal elections

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Mozambique: CNE still does not know how much money it will have for municipal elections

8:56 CAT | 30 Jan 2023

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The Government has not yet informed the CNE how much money it will make available for electoral expenditure such as the acquisition of voting material, transport, and hiring polling station staff. This could make planning difficult.

The Government has already made available the budget for current expenditure, such as the payment of wages to the staff of the electoral administration bodies, office rent, water and electricity bills, among other expenses. But the elections have additional costs, namely the printing of ballot papers, transport, the hiring of members of the polling stations, among other services. To date, nobody knows how much money the Government will provide for these costs.

“The Government has not yet informed the National Elections Commission of the election budget (as a whole)”, explained Paulo Cuinica. He added that when they are informed of this budget, the central bodies “will distribute it” to the provinces.

The truth is that the Economic and Social Plan and the State Budget for 2023 do not present the costs of the 2023 municipal elections, except for the running costs of the provincial bodies. By May 2023, the CNE should launch the public tender for acquisition of the voting material.

Source: CIP - Centro de Integridade Pública