Mozambique elections; Nyusi promises to work “with all Mozambicans” – AIM

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Mozambique elections; Nyusi promises to work “with all Mozambicans” – AIM

7:02 CAT | 29 Oct 2019

Photo: Twitter / @NFrelimo

Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi, in the wake of his re-election, with 73 per cent of the votes cast in the 15 October election, declared that he intends to work “with all Mozambicans”.

The results, announced by the National Elections Commission (CNE) on Sunday showed Nyusi winning in all 11 provincial constituencies and two constituencies in the diaspora. His main opponent, Renamo leader Ossufo Momade, won 21.9 per cent of the vote, and Daviz Simango, of the Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM), took 4.4 per cent. The results have still to be validated by the Constitutional Council, the country’s highest body in matters of constitutional and electoral law.

Nyusi watched the CNE declaration of the results on a large screen at the Frelimo Party School, in the city of Matola.

Afterwards, he invited the defeated candidates, to join him in working for the well-being of the Mozambican people.

“In the elections they were my adversaries, and I know they will not be pleased with the results announced today”, he said – but nobody should resort to violence because “the price of violence is very high for our people, and for those who incite violence themselves”.

“Now is the moment for us to unite our forces so that we can work together for the welfare of Mozambicans”, he declared.

Nyusi appeared to call for reforms in the electoral system when he added that Mozambicans should create “where all can compete, both at national and provincial level, and accept the results, preparing themselves for the next elections”.

He pledged that he will continue working so that Mozambicans could live together in trust. “I assure you of Frelimo’s commitment and of my personal commitment to work with everyone to create a system in which trust is the rule, because the condition for the development of Mozambique is the continual improvement of our democracy”.

Nyusi hoped to continue working with Renamo to implement the peace agreement he had signed with Ossufo Momade on 6 August. He wanted to speed up the demobilisation and disarming of the Renamo leader and the integration of its members into the defence and security forces, or back into civilian society.

Neither Renamo nor the MDM attended the ceremony at which the CNE announced the results.

Contacted by the daily paper “Noticias”, Renamo General Secretary Andre Magibire, said Renamo did not attend “because it would have been a waste of time” and would have “offended” the Renamo electorate.

“We didn’t want to play about with the people”, said Magibire. The Renamo voters, he added, had been “the victim of theft”.

The MDM Political Commission met throughout Saturday, and issued a statement that evening calling for an audit of the Electoral Administration Technical Secretariat (STAE), which is the executive arm of the CNE. It also wanted an audit of the companies that supplied the electoral material.

The MDM called on the Attorney-General’s Office (PGR) to investigate what it called “the electoral stain of 15 October”.

The MDM Political Commission dismissed the elections as “null and void”.

Source: AIM