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The Association of United Mozambican Health Professionals (APSUSM) claims to represent all health professionals, except doctors. [File photo: RM]
The head of the Association of United Mozambican Health Professionals (APSUSM), Anselmo Muchave, has filed an injunction against his colleague Horácio Nhoca for allegedly usurping his powers.
This move came a few days after Horácio Nhoca presented himself as the spokesperson for the association, which claims to represent all health professionals, except doctors.
Nhoca called a press conference to demand that APSUSM change its team negotiating with the government, allegedly because it was not meeting the expectations of its members.
The injunction from Muchave, according to Friday’s issue of the Maputo independent newsheet “Carta de Moçambique”, was submitted to the Administrative Tribunal (AT) to annul all the information shared with the press by Horácio Nhoca, as he does not represent the association and is not authorized to speak on its behalf in the media.
“Horácio is not a member of APSUSM and I don’t even know him. He appeared on the television saying that he is the leader and spokesman for the association. He is not a member and doesn’t sit on any of the association’s bodies. Horácio turned up to speak to the press after being agitated by individuals who aren’t even part of the association. I was out of the country at the time and was startled when someone sent me a photo of him and a group of people who had gone to submit a document to the Ministry of Health on behalf of the association”, Muchave explained.
According to Muchave, the injunction against Horácio is one of the ways the association has found to “eliminate trouble makers.”
“What motivated this group to go to the media is the greed for leadership, for wanting to be president, and that’s why they’re demanding the replacement of the president and the negotiating team. They don’t even realize that the Ministry of Health doesn’t answer to the association and doesn’t define who should or shouldn’t negotiate with the government”, he said.
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