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Police removed Marromeu ballot boxes – CIP, Mozambique Elections
8:57 CAT | 12 Oct 2018
Photo: Carlos Manuel / Facebook
Police fired gunshots and tear gas during the count on Wednesday night and removed ballot boxes from 10 polling stations in polling centres at 4 October and Julius Nyerere primary schools. They were sent to a police warehouse and returned the next morning by the special operations group (Grupos de Operacoes Especiais, GOE) of the police.
#Polícia dispara armas, dispersa #observadores e foge com urnas em Marromeu.#Reviravolta em Monapo dá vitória à Frelimo sob contestação da Renamo
#Boletim do CIP actualiza #resultados oficiais, disponíveis aqui: https://t.co/RkAJVCxZeR— CIP Eleições (@CIP_Eleicoes) October 12, 2018
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Police gunfire frightened polling station staff, party delegates and observers who fled and it was impossible to monitor the count. In many polling stations results were not posted, as required by law, which meant a parallel count could not be conducted.
The intermediate count by STAE and the district election commission was not in the normal place and was not open to press and observers and the results were simply announced to the press.
“What happened in fact is that the police were called to reinforce the security of the places where the counting of votes took place, because there was already a climate of instability. Renamo members threw stones at the polling stations where the results were not in favour of that party. Then the police were forced to act to restore order and public tranquillity in those places, ” Sofala police spokesperson Daniel Macuacua.
Our correspondents watched the removal of ballot boxes, and Macuacua confirmed that police had removed them and later returned them for the count. STAE Marromeu director Augusto Sande refused to comment.
Renamo Marromeu party agent Ofelia Mario said police fired the first shots when Renamo supports began to celebrate after initial results showed a Renamo victory.
There has been tension in Marromeu since before the election and Renamo has accused the police of bringing extra police into the town. Police commander Lacerda Rafae confirmed that forestry protection officers had recently arrived.
No distrito de #Marromeu na província de #Sofala, oposição flagra viatura da polícia da República de Moçambique carregando Kits contendo urnas desaparecidose na noite de ontem depois de disparos e gás lacrimogéneo.#TxekaMozcoberturaEleitoral2018pic.twitter.com/Myeg9Wtkyp
— Jakson Agostinho (@JaksonAgostinho) October 12, 2018
#Polícia dispara armas, dispersa #observadores e foge com urnas em Marromeu.#Reviravolta em Monapo dá vitória à Frelimo sob contestação da Renamo
#Boletim do CIP actualiza #resultados oficiais, disponíveis aqui: https://t.co/RkAJVCxZeR— CIP Eleições (@CIP_Eleicoes) October 12, 2018
Source: 2018 Local Elections - Mozambique Political Process Bulletin
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