Mozambique: Voting to happen on 9 October in all Cabo Delgado – election official

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Mozambique: Voting to happen on 9 October in all Cabo Delgado – election official

2:33 CAT | 16 Sep 2024

FILE - For illustration purposes only. [File photo: Lusa]

A member of Mozambique’s National Electoral Commission (CNE) ha told journalists that the conditions are in place to hold the general elections on 9 October in all the districts of Cabo Delgado province, including the areas affected by rebel attacks.

“As of tomorrow [Sunday] we will have teams already formed, [which] will travel to the southern, central and northern regions of Cabo Delgado, where they will replicate the content that was taught,” Alberto Sabe told journalists in Pemba. “And we are prepared to do these replicas in all the districts of Cabo Delgado province. In other words, the conditions are right for elections to be held.”

Sabe was speaking at the end of a training session for technical staff who will continue the training of CNE members in the 17 districts of Cabo Delgado where the general elections will be held on 9 October.

Despite the fact that districts such as Quissanga, Muidumbe, Macomia and Mocímboa da Praia still have rebels group active that have been operating in the province since October 2017, including some small attacks, Sabe said that the local authorities are coordinating to ensure that the elections are held in those areas.

“We are going to those districts that were critical because we have registered and there are certainly teams going to those districts to make replicas,” he said.

Mozambique is holding general elections on 9 October, the campaign for which officially kicked off on 24 August, in a ballot that includes presidential, legislative, provincial assembly and provincial governor elections.

More than 17 million voters are registered to vote in the general elections on 9 October, including 333,839 registered abroad, according to data from the National Electoral Commission (CNE).

A total of 37 political forces are standing candidates in the legislative and provincial elections, including four for the position of president: Daniel Chapo, supported by the governing Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (Frelimo); Ossufo Momade, supported by the Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo, the main opposition party); Lutero Simango, supported by the Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM), the third parliamentary force; and Venâncio Mondlane, now supported by the extra-parliamentary parties Povo Otimista para o Desenvolvimento de Moçambique (Podemos) and Revolução Democrática (RD).

Source: Lusa