Obvious fraud in Gurue – CIP Mozambique Elections

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Obvious fraud in Gurue – CIP Mozambique Elections

11:51 CAT | 14 Dec 2023

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More than half of the 13 polling stations in Gurue where there was voting Sunday appear to be fraudulent, Mais Integridade reports.

“During the count and partial tabulation, it was noted that in three EPC Nacuecue polling stations, namely 080938-01, 080938-02 and 080938-03, Frelimo obtained a percentage result of between 74% and 78.5%, well above average. Also at polling station 080938-03, where Frelimo got the 78.5% mentioned above, there was an excessively high number of invalid votes – 41, which, according to the observers, were ballot papers marked mostly for ND.

“Other polling stations that also had excessively high numbers of invalid votes – between 16 and 21 – were polling stations 080934-02, 080934-03 and 080934-04, in EPC Chá Moçambique. At one of the two tables at EPC Moneia, 080933-07/080933-06B, Frelimo had 89% of the vote, but there were only 18 voters.”

Voter turnout in the repeat election in Guruè was 34%, which means that two thirds of the electorate decided not to vote. The results announced by the consortium and by the district STAE in these 13 polling station give Frelimo a victory with 62.2% against 38.8% for New Democracy. But half of those polling stations showed signs of fraud.

Mais Integridade now has a website: https://maisintegridade.org/

(After six months of being down, the Constitutional Council still does not have a website.)

New Democracy on the march in Gurué

While Frelimo paraded to celebrate its victory, the New Democracy (ND) party marched through the streets of Guruè to oppose the result of the repeat municipal election held on Sunday. Both events took place on Monday afternoons (11 December).

New Democracy, whose march was heavily watched by a police contingent, rejected the results announced by the Gurué District Elections Commission, which gave Frelimo a substantial victory.

For New Democracy, “the results were manipulated by STAE”. The Sunday elections in Gurué were characterised by extreme police violence. Several voters were hit by police bullets, or inhaled tear gas. Five citizens were shot, one of whom is still in hospital.

The ND has submitted a second appeal to the Guruè District Court, after the same court had rejected its first appeal.

Renamo has also submitted an appeal to the district court, in which it pointed to many electoral irregularities and crimes, but its appeal was also immediately rejected.

Source: Centro de Integridade Publica - CIP