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Two campaigners were arrested last week for vandalising Frelimo party posters. Deputy MDM delegate in Luabo district, Zambezia, Jose Giua, was arrested Monday (16 September) because a supporter of his party reportedly posted an MDM poster over another Frelimo poster. At the time of his arrest Giua was meeting at his party’s headquarters. The delegate was held in the cell at the district police command until was the case was heard Friday at 8 am (20 September) at the district command, and then transferred to the neighbouring district of Chinde. Last week Frelimo supporters in Luabo stuck a poster of their party over another MDM poster but no one was arrested.
In Govuro, Inhambane, a young man was taken to the cells of Govuro district prison on Wednesday (September 18), accused of tearing up Frelimo party leaflets that were glued to trees and power poles. According to Pelagio de Almeida, Head of Police Operations in Govuro, the arrest followed a complaint by someone who passed by and reported the case to the police. Almeida said that an indictment has already been issued.
Since the beginning of the campaign there has been no record of arrests for vandalising pamphlets of opposition parties.
By Joseph Hanlon
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