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Mozambique Elections: Police disperse crowd of supporters with Venâncio Mondlane in Nampula – Lusa
2:26 CAT | 16 Oct 2024
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Mozambican police in Nampula city used tear gas to disperse hundreds of supporters of presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane, who was in the city, on Wednesday, local sources told Lusa.
According to the same sources, the supporters were contesting the results of the 9 October general elections, announced in that province, the country’s largest constituency – which gave victory to candidate Daniel Chapo and the ruling Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo), which supports him – taking advantage of Venâncio Mondlane’s presence.
The clashes occurred in the morning after Venâncio Mondlane marched through the city in the north of the country, duly escorted by the police.
This was followed by clashes allegedly between members of the Podemos party, which supports his presidential candidacy, and the police, which led the police, including the Rapid Intervention Unit, to intervene, with at least one person injured, according to images at the scene and witness accounts.
JOVEM BALEADO EM NAMPULA DURANTE A MARCHA
Durante a marcha dos simpatizantes de Venâncio Mondlane em Nampula, um jovem foi baleado e conforme a imagem ilustra, o tipo de munições usadas não eram de borracha.
Em actualização…#decideeleicoes pic.twitter.com/BniFCrogPk— Plataforma_decide (@PDecide23) October 16, 2024
Lusa contacted the provincial command of the Police of the Republic of Mozambique in Nampula, which said that police would provide clarification on this morning’s events at a later point in time,.
On Tuesday, the Mozambican Attorney General’s Office ordered Venâncio Mondlane to refrain from ‘social unrest and incitement to violence’, pointing out that the politician committed the offence of disobedience by declaring himself the winner of the general elections on the 9th.
‘The summons results from the repeated wave of social unrest, public disobedience, disrespect for state bodies and incitement and disinformation perpetrated by the candidate for President of the Republic, Mr Venâncio António Bila Mondlane, at rallies, on social networks and other digital platforms,’ the attorney general said in a statement sent to Lusa.
‘Despite [having] already been summoned by the Public Prosecutor’s Office [for other acts], the attitude shown by Venâncio António Bila Mondlane in reiterating the practice of behaviours that violate the principles and ethical-electoral norms is worrying,’ reads the note.
The attorney general said the politician’s information about the results of the general elections on 9 September, which were not confirmed by the competent electoral bodies, and his self-proclamation as the winner of the presidential elections were serious.
The statement said that the self-proclamation of winners and the dissemination of unconfirmed information can generate misinformation and incite the population to acts of violence, which is completely contrary to public order and security.
Venâncio Mondlane said on Monday that the mid-term results of the general elections released in recent days by the Mozambican electoral bodies represent a ‘falsehood’ and ‘fraud’, reaffirming that he was the ‘unequivocal winner’ of Wednesday’s vote.
‘We are seeing a lot of concern from the people about the mid-term results that are being released, which clearly show the falsity, fraud and deceit of the most shameful level of the regime,’ said Venâncio Mondlane, in a statement that comes after the release of results by the district and provincial election commissions since Saturday.
These results, with the exception of the city of Beira—which gave the victory to Mondlane—have confirmed the candidate Daniel Chapo as the winner and the party that supports him in the legislative elections, Frelimo, in both cases with over 50% of the vote.
Venâncio Mondlane has the support of the extra-parliamentary Podemos party after leaving Renamo, the largest opposition party, in May. He said that he is carrying out a parallel count of the votes in these elections based on the minutes and notices collected from polling stations across the country.
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 (counted after the polls close) before they are validated by the Constitutional Council, which has no deadlines for proclaiming the official results after analysing any appeals.
CAOS EM NAMPULA
Estes são os vídeos que a Plataforma DECIDE recebeu em jeito de denúncia dos cidadãos, a quando do início dos disparos por parte da polícia na Cidade de Nampula.
Informações indicam que não se tratou de uma revolta popular como se invoca, mas sim, uma marcha de pic.twitter.com/MHgQP8Gbhp— Plataforma_decide (@PDecide23) October 16, 2024
Source: Lusa
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