Mozambique Elections: At least 88 dead and 274 shot since October 21

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Mozambique Elections: At least 88 dead and 274 shot since October 21

1:12 CAT | 06 Dec 2024

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At least 88 people have died and 274 have been shot since October 21 during demonstrations and strikes contesting the election results, the non-governmental organization Plataforma Eleitoral Decide indicated on Thursday (05-12).

According to a report released by Decide and other NGOs such as the Centre for Public Integrity (CIP), the Centre for Democracy and Human Rights (CDD) and Amnesty International with figures up to December 4, 3,450 detainees have also been recorded during this period.

Data from the “4×4” phase of the demonstrations in Mozambique.#MozambiqueElections #MozambiqueProtests #DecideEleicoes @CDD_Moz @CIPMoz pic.twitter.com/h7MjWRJNQR

— Plataforma_decide (@PDecide23) December 5, 2024

Presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane on Tuesday called for a new phase of electoral protests for the week 4 to 11 December in “all neighbourhoods” of Mozambique, involving the cessation of vehicle traffic from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m..

“All neighbourhoods are experiencing strong activity,” Mondlane says in a post on his Facebook page. “Concentrate in the neighbourhoods, raising our signs on the main avenues that cross our neighbourhoods – we don’t need to make long journeys,” Mondlane instructed.

As happened in the previous phase of protest, from 27 to 29 November, the presidential candidate, who rejects the announced results of the October 9 general elections, asked that vehicles stop circulating from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. local time, followed by 30 minutes’ singing of the Mozambican and other national anthems.

“We are going to demonstrate uninterruptedly, without rest. It will be seven full days. […] All vehicles, everything that can move, is to remain stationary,” he said, asking motorists to paste protest posters on their vehicles overnight.

The announcement by Mozambique’s National Elections Commission (CNE) on October 24 of the results of the October 9 elections, attributing victory to Frelimo presidential candidate Daniel Chapo, with 70.67% of the votes, triggered calls by presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane for protests, which have since degenerated into violent clashes with the police.

According to the CNE, Mondlane came second, with 20.32% of the vote, but the results still need to be validated and proclaimed by the Constitutional Council.

Source: Lusa