Young people ask the next President of the Republic, who will be elected on October 9, for more policies that can insert young people into political and professional life, given the high level of unemployment.
With one month to go before the deadline for submitting candidates for the Presidency of the Republic, Mozambicans are not worried about the late selection of candidates, but they hope that the next Head of Government will pay attention to security and employment.
“I expect changes in collective terms. I hope for policies more aimed at young people,” Omar Sukuma, 27, a graduate in statistics, tells Lusa, adding that he feels that young people are excluded from the country’s development processes, despite “being the basis of development.” .
Security is a transversal concern in the message to future candidates.
“She leaves a lot to be desired. We have had several kidnapping scenarios. I only hope for changes,” says Osmar.
In Maputo, the country’s capital, Lusa also spoke with Armando Machalele, a 44-year-old psychologist, who hopes that the next President of the Republic, elected in the general elections on October 9, will also make changes in society, with a focus on opening the labor market for young people.
“There is also a lack of hospitals, schools, so we are talking about many areas that must be resolved.“he adds, highlighting the urgent need to improve working conditions in teacher training.
The Constitutional Council defined the end of June 10 as the deadline to present candidates for the presidency of the Republic in the October elections, in which the current head of state, Filipe Nyusi – and leader of Frelimo – will no longer be able to compete for having achieved his mandate. boundaries.
However, only on Sunday and after an extraordinary meeting of the Central Committee that lasted three days, the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (Frelimo) approved Daniel Francisco Chapo as a candidate for the presidential elections of the party that has governed Mozambique since independence. in 1975, after several months of uncertainty and in a time frame unusually pushed to the limit.
Also on Sunday, the national council of the Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM), the third force in parliament, approved support for the candidacy of the party’s leader, Lutero Simango, for the position of President of the Republic.
The second political force in parliament and the main opposition party, the Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo), continues in the internal candidate election process.
Neida Reginaldo, a 22-year-old student, hopes that Filipe Nyusi’s successor will pay attention to young people.
“I hope that there are more policies that can insert young people into political and professional life. Young people complain a lot about the lack of employment and I would like this problem to be addressed,” says the student, amid concerns about the emergencies that are plaguing the country.
“May the country respond quickly to natural disasters. Mozambique, having experienced several calamities, already needed a faster way to respond to these situations. But normally I see that the level of response does not improve,” she points out.
Alice Cumba, a 24-year-old businesswoman, also assumes expectations with attention to youth, but also to security: “Let the situation in the country change, the issue of the war in Cabo Delgado. May that situation change.”
Concerned about security and the terrorist attacks in Cabo Delgado, Rafael Nhanice, 54 years old and who works in restoration, also wants the fight against crime to be part of the speeches of the candidates who will be presented in the coming days.
“At night, if you have to sleep, it is with your heart in your hand. [Deve] put an end to kidnappings,” he says, also defending improvements in the road sector, to allow better circulation of people and goods.
“Security needs to be improved, neighborhoods have become increasingly violent. There are neighborhoods that do not have police stations,” says Neida Reginaldo.
Mozambique holds general elections on October 9, which in addition to the presidential elections also include legislative elections and elections for provincial governors and their respective provincial assemblies.
The electoral campaign will take place from August 24 to October 6 and the National Elections Commission must announce the national results before October 24, which only then, after analyzing the process, can they be proclaimed by the Constitutional Council.
Source: Observadora
