Mozambique Elections: Electoral process a ‘success’ – President Nyusi

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Mozambique Elections: Electoral process a ‘success’ – President Nyusi

8:19 CAT | 16 Oct 2024

Photo: Presidente Filipe Nyusi/Facebook

Mozambican president Filipe Nyusi on Wednesday called the electoral process underway in the country a ‘success’, praising the public and international observers for their role in the general elections on the 9th October.

“Mozambicans played an important role in the success of the electoral process in Mozambique, which consisted of voter registration, voter education, registration of parties and presidential candidates, electoral campaigning and the actual act of voting on 9 October 2024,” said Nyusi, quoted in a press statement sent to Lusa by the ministry of foreign affairs and cooperation.

The head of state was speaking during audiences he granted to eight new ambassadors, who presented their letters of credence today.

“The Mozambican people exercised their democratic right to elect and be elected and to express themselves patriotically in full freedom, in an environment full of enthusiasm, tranquillity, maturity, discipline, order and civility,” continued Filipe Nyusi.

The interaction and collaboration between the Mozambican authorities and representatives of the international community, in particular with the observers in the Mozambican electoral process, is a ‘remarkable example’ of friendship and cooperation, Nyusi said.

The general elections on 9 October included the seventh presidential elections – for which Filipe Nyusi no longer ran, having reached the threshold of two terms in office – at the same time as the seventh legislative elections and the fourth elections for provincial assemblies and governors.

The publication of the results of the presidential election by the National Electoral Commission, if there is no second round, takes up to 15 days (counting from the closing of the polls), before they are validated by the Constitutional Council, which has no deadlines for proclaiming the official results after analysing any appeals.

At today’s meeting with the eight new ambassadors, the Mozambican head of state also called for international solidarity and cooperation in the fight against terrorism, which is ravaging the province of Cabo Delgado, in northern Mozambique, and in preventing and mitigating the impact of climate change.

Filipe Nyusi emphasised the ‘enormous potential’ of Mozambique and the countries of the newly accredited ambassadors in using the oil and gas industry for accelerated and sustainable socio-economic development.

Nyusi received the letters of credence from the following ambassadors: Mohamed Issak Ibrahim from Somalia, Jarr Ould Inalla from Mauritania, Erika Ylonca Alvarez Rodriguez from the Dominican Republic, Julio Pedro Fiol from Chile, Modesto António Ruiz Espinoza from Venezuela, Maria del Rosario Minas-Rojas from Colombia, Kang Bokwon from South Korea and Yerkin Akhinzhanov from Kazakhstan.

Source: Lusa