The president of Mozambique acknowledged that the country is experiencing “an atmosphere of panic” in the face of the demonstrations and strikes called by presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane.
The president of Mozambique asked this Monday the end of the destruction of the country In the face of demonstrations and strikes, he affirmed that “there are no reasons” for the deaths in disputes over electoral results and recognized that “the differences will never end.”
“There are no reasons, There is no reason for Mozambicans to die.just as there are no reasons or motives for it to crumble, be destroyed, the country built with sacrifice by all of us. That desire does not exist, the desire for death, for destruction, for injustice,” said the president of Mozambique, Filipe Nyusi, during a reception for some national political groups to discuss the post-electoral tension.
Filipe Nyusi recognized that the country lives “an atmosphere of panic” in the face of demonstrations and strikes called by presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane in protest to the results of the October 9 elections.
“We are approximately 40 days away from the elections and almost 25 days from the announcement by the National Electoral Commission (…). I don’t want to say who is right and who is wrong, but what is not right is that no one can die,” Nyusi said, asking the political parties. “collective work” find “a common denominator” among Mozambicans.
Nyusi says the “threats of sabotage” did not go “very well” and that there are laws to follow in Mozambique
“Now, we have been analyzing how this happens. Our request is to consult about what we are seeing and assess whether we should stop. The differences will never end, there is no place where they end, they do not exist, they are not known, we would be outside the world,” warned Filipe Nyusi.
At least 25 people died and another 26 were shot in five days of demonstrations to challenge the results of the general elections in Mozambique, indicates an update from the Decide electoral platform, published this Monday.
The deaths and shootings occurred between November 13 and 17, in at least five provinces of Mozambique, during The fourth stage of strikes called of the presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane, who disputes the victory of Daniel Chapo, a candidate supported by the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (Frelimo, in power), who won with 70.67% of the votes, according to the results announced in the National Elections. National Commission (CNE).
According to the electoral monitoring platform, there were also 135 arrests in Mozambique following the protests. most of which are registered in Zambéziacenter of the country, with a total of 25 detainees.
Venâncio Mondlane, who came in second place with 20.32% of the votes, according to the CNE, stated that he does not recognize the results of the elections, which must still be validated and proclaimed by the Constitutional Council, which does not have deadlines to do so . well and is still analyzing the litigation.
After the protests that paralyzed the country on October 21, 24 and 25, 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 on November 7, which caused chaos in the capital, with recorded deaths, barricades, burning tires and police shooting and throwing tear gas, all day, to disperse the protesters.
Venâncio Mondlane among those accused of “conspiracy” by the Attorney General’s Office of Mozambique
Source: Observadora
