The Government of Mozambique warned this Wednesday that it “does not want a repeat” of last week’s almost total three-day strike, called by presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane, promising security to companies, despite the call for a seven-day strike. days.

“Our call is for businesses to remain open. Our call is for workers, employees, to go to their workplaces. The government will do everything possible to guarantee security and we want the country not to have a closure, because that will have important effects on the country’s economy,” said the Minister of Industry and Commerce, Silvino Moreno.

The government leader led a meeting that brought together this Wednesday, in Maputo, for several hours, five ministers from sectors such as transport, tourism, fishing, energy, industry and commerce, with the Confederation of Economic Associations of Mozambique (CTA), to analyze “the impacts” of demonstrations and strikes called by Venâncio Mondlane – who does not recognize the results of the general elections of October 9 -, held on October 21, 24 and 25, in addition to a new strike announced starting Thursday, for seven days.

“Therefore, it was an almost total shutdown, with few businesses operating. This is a scenario that the government does not want to repeat.especially because we are a poor country, a country that needs to work, a country that has had a bitter experience of war,” the minister acknowledged.

“We want the country to remain in peace, that the demonstrations are not about the destruction of the economy, that they are not about the destruction of infrastructure and that no one is prevented from going to work, because that is, in fact, the way to have the economy functioning,” said Silvino Moreno.

HE Minister guaranteed that security will be provided to companies and that the announced demonstrations, as long as they do not involve violence or prevent workers from traveling to work, can take place.

Mozambique Public Ministry asks young people to refrain from “demonstrations that violate the law”

The Public Ministry of Mozambique called on young people this Wednesday not to join the “demonstrations that violate the law,” accusing the protesters who have taken to the streets since the announcement of the election results of destroying infrastructure.

“As guarantor of legality, the “The Attorney General’s Office discourages all citizens, in general, from organizing and joining demonstrations that violate the law.”says the Public Ministry (MP), in a statement distributed this Wednesday to the media.

These are the demonstrations called by presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane to protest alleged electoral fraud in the October 9 elections, events that culminated in violent clashes between the police and his supporters last week, with new actions planned from Thursday and for a week.

“The participants in the demonstrations have been carrying out acts of vandalism against public and private property, burning public buildings, placing barricades on public roads, preventing the free movement of people and goods, with serious consequences for the life and integrity of the people.” people. , as well as considerable losses for the economy and the security of the State,” says the parliamentarian, recalling that the “The call to insurrection and incitement to hatred is punishable by a prison sentence of up to 8 years.“.