Mozambique: President wants Provincial Governors to be examples of integrity

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Mozambique: President wants Provincial Governors to be examples of integrity

2:40 CAT | 22 Jan 2025

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President Daniel Chapo today demanded that new provincial governors commit to integrity, arguing that leaders must set an example in the efforts to combat corruption.

“To win this battle, it is essential that we, the leaders, set an example of integrity, at all levels. A leader who makes deals with his subordinates is doomed to lose this battle, because he will not have enough moral authority to put his house in order,” Daniel Chapo declared during the inauguration at the Presidency of the Republic in Maputo of the governors elected on October 9.
For the Mozambican head of state, the country needs people who “lead by example”, in a manner that is intolerant of nepotism and regionalism.

“Governors and all public servants must adopt an attitude that values merit, capabilities, skill, experience, competence and, above all, professionalism,” the president added.

Chapo also argues that provincial governors also need to get closer to the people.

“The people should find in their governors the hope for their life projects and the support to express their concerns and opinions. We need to have time for this: the people are our starting and finishing point,” Chapo explained.

In total, after the inauguration of members of the provincial assemblies on Monday, ten governors were sworn into office today, all elected by the lists of the Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo), the ruling party, which the Constitutional Council declared the winner in all provinces.

On December 23, the Constitutional Council of Mozambique proclaimed Daniel Chapo, a candidate supported by Frelimo, the winner of the presidential election, with 65.17% of the votes, as well as the victory of Frelimo, which maintained its parliamentary majority in the general elections of October 9.

The election of Daniel Chapo has, however, been contested on the streets since October, with pro-Venâncio Mondlane demonstrators – a candidate who according to the Constitutional Council obtained only 24% of the votes but who claims victory – in protests demanding the “reestablishment of the electoral truth”, with barricades, looting and clashes with the police, who have been firing shots in an attempt to quell the unrest.

Source: Lusa