Faced with “accusations of lack of transparency and supervision”, BE asked the Government not to recognize the results of the elections in Mozambique and to condemn actions that violate rights.
The parliamentary group of the Left Bloc (BE) presented this Thursday a draft resolution recommending that the Portuguese Government not recognize the results of the October 9 elections in Mozambique.
“The entire electoral process was developed under numerous accusations of lack of transparency and lack of oversightmainly in the fifteen days that elapsed between the day of the vote and the day the election results were announced,” BE highlights.
Tension in Maputo. Police disperse hundreds of protesters with tear gas. One person was shot
Furthermore, Mozambique’s electoral process “has also been marked by political violence and police repression against the population“he adds.
In the text delivered to parliament, the party also highlights that national and international observers, in this case from the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries and the European Union, denounced situations of adulteration of electoral rolls, lack of exemption from electoral bodies and “large disparities” in the number of delegates from the competing parties, favoring the party in power, Frelimo.
BE also cites the non-governmental organizations Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, according to which the current moment in Mozambique is marked by the “worst repression in recent years against protests in the country”, with an increasing number of victims. , with “Completely unnecessary bloodshed as authorities attempted to stop a peaceful protest movement with lethal force.“, in addition to having repeatedly cut off Internet access to “try to silence people and prevent the world from knowing what is happening.”
“In view of the accusations that point to various electoral irregularities, the lack of transparency and monitoring of the process and results, and in the face of the intensification of state violence and repression against the population, the Portuguese Government should not recognize the announced electoral campaign. results of the National Electoral Commission of Mozambique and we must condemn all actions of the government and authorities of Mozambique that violate the rights, freedoms and guarantees of the citizens of that country,” he recommends.
The parliamentary group of the blockade also urges the Portuguese Government to condemn all the actions of the Government of Mozambique “that violate the rights, freedoms and guarantees of the citizens of that country,” and that it must “actively participate in all diplomatic initiatives that aim to put an end to the repression of peaceful demonstrations, political violence and arbitrary arrests for political reasons.”
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The announcement by the National Electoral Commission (CNE) of Mozambique, on October 24, of the results of the October 9 elections, in which it attributed the victory to Daniel Chapo, supported by the Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo, party in power since 1975) in the elections for President of the Republic, with 70.67% of the votes, triggered popular protests, called by the presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane.
According to the CNE, Mondlane came in second place, with 20.32%, but stated that it does not recognize the results, which have yet to be validated and proclaimed by the Constitutional Council.
After the street protests that paralyzed the country, Mondlane once again called on the population to a seven-day general strike, starting on October 31, with national protests and a demonstration concentrated in Maputo called for this Thursday.
This Thursday marks the eighth day of strikes and demonstrations throughout the country, most of which led to police intervention, which dispersed with gunshots and tear gas, while protesters blocked avenues, threw stones and set public and private places on fire.
Source: Observadora
