Mozambique Elections: CC refers opposition appeals to the process of validating the results – Carta

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Mozambique Elections: CC refers opposition appeals to the process of validating the results – Carta

1:34 CAT | 07 Nov 2024

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The Constitutional Council decided on Wednesday to refer the appeals submitted by Renamo, Podemos (Optimistic People for the Development of Mozambique) and Pahumo (Humanitarian Party of Mozambique) to the process of validating the electoral results of the 9 October vote.

In Ruling No. 22/CC/2024, of 6 November, the judges of the Constitutional Council state that the matter subject to legal litigation presented by the appellants is part of the process of validating the election, since “there is no real possibility of it being assessed without the Constitutional Council ruling on the validity or otherwise of the electoral process”.

“Validation is an autonomous process, where the Constitutional Council has the opportunity to exercise all powers of cognition, and may hear matters relating to the electoral dispute brought by the parties, matters relevant to validation that have become known by other means accepted by law or legally, as long as they are relevant for making a conscientious decision, safeguarding transparency, legality and electoral justice,” the body reasons+.

At issue are appeals against Resolution No. 105/CNE/2024, of October 24, which approves the national centralization and general counting of the results of the VII Presidential, Legislative and IV Provincial Assembly Elections, approved by nine of the 17 members of the National Elections Commission.

Podemos, which claims victory in the elections of October 9, makes six requests, among them, the repetition of the general tabulation of results which, in its words, did not comply with the provisions of paragraph 1 of article 119 of Law no. 15/2024, of August 23 and paragraph 1 of article 142 of Law no. 14/2024, also of August 23, which establishes that the General Tabulation of Electoral Results is carried out based on the minutes and notices referring to the district and city tabulation, as well as on the centralised data received from the Provincial Election Commissions.

“The CNE carried out the count without the original minutes and notices, but rather limited itself to projecting, on a PowerPoint system, data that it said it had received from the Provincial Electoral Commissions, a clear illegality,” Podemos claimed, a practice that, in fact, is repeated in each electoral process and that has led to previous complaints from the opposition parties.

In turn, Renamo, until now the largest opposition party, is calling for a recount of the votes, the requalification of null and blank votes and the re-verification of the mandates of the Assembly of the Republic and the provincial assemblies.

As for Pahumo, the party is calling for the re-verification of the mandates distributed by the CNE, since, in its analysis, it had more than five seats allocated by the electoral bodies in the Provincial Assembly of Cabo Delgado.

Source: Carta de Moçambique