Mozambique Elections: Special holiday granted on voting day

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Mozambique Elections: Special holiday granted on voting day

1:03 CAT | 08 Oct 2024

The"right to suspend work does not apply to workers who carry out activities that, by their nature, cannot be interrupted". (...) "However, even though they perform functions that, by their nature, cannot be interrupted, the employer must ensure the necessary leave for workers so that they can exercise their right to vote".

The Mozambican government has granted workers in the public and private sectors a day off on Wednesday to “allow them to participate” in the general elections, it was announced today.

The decision was made by the Minister of Labour and Social Security, Margarida Talapa, according to a statement, clarifying that the”right to suspend work does not apply to workers who carry out activities that, by their nature, cannot be interrupted”.

“However, even though they perform functions that, by their nature, cannot be interrupted, the employer must ensure the necessary leave for workers so that they can exercise their right to vote,” the statement reads.

Mozambique is holding its seventh presidential elections this Wednesday, in which the current head of state, Filipe Nyusi, who has reached the constitutional limit of two terms, is no longer running, simultaneously with the seventh legislative elections and the fourth elections for provincial assemblies and governors.

More than 17 million voters are registered to vote, including 333,839 registered abroad, according to data from the Mozambican National Electoral Commission.

The elections will involve more than 184,500 polling station staff, distributed across the country’s 154 districts (180,075) and outside the country (4,436).

On election day, there will be 8,737 polling stations in Mozambique and 334 abroad, corresponding to 25,725 polling station desks in the country and 602 polling stations abroad, each with seven members.

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