Mozambique Elections: Results are only final when the CC announces them – Chissano | Watch

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Mozambique Elections: Results are only final when the CC announces them – Chissano | Watch

8:58 CAT | 07 Nov 2024

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The veterans of the national liberation struggle consider that the election results are only final when the Constitutional Council (CC), with all impartiality, announces them.

According to former head of state Joaquim Chissano, “before that, all candidates have the right to complain about irregularities, bringing evidence to the National Elections Commission (CNE) and, ultimately, to the Constitutional Council”.

For Chissano, who read the message this morning as a veteran of the national liberation struggle, Mozambique’s electoral bodies are made up of competent and qualified professionals and must act as such.

“In our country, no head of an electoral or constitutional body owes obedience to another entity. They obey their conscience and must refuse pressure from any candidate, their party or family members. Being a member of the electoral bodies is an honour and a responsibility,” Chissano says in his address.

Combatants call for calm

In the context of the violent demonstrations taking place since 21 October in protest against the election results, the Veterans of the National Liberation Struggle call for calm.
“Our country is going through a serious moment. Groups are demonstrating violently in the streets, burning tyres, and attacking shops. It seems that they want to create a climate of disorder in the country. All of this is happening because some of the candidates in the elections believe that they have already won even before the final results have been announced,” says the message presented this morning by Joaquim Chissano.

“We understand this frustration, but let us remain calm. There is no greater value than life. We have already lost too many lives. There has been too much destruction. We want to offer our deepest condolences to the grieving families and wish the injured a speedy recovery”, the combatants’ body says.

Source: Notícias / YouTube