Mutarara and Tsangano embrace Chapo, pledge support to FRELIMO
The districts of Mutarara and Tsangano in Tete Province, central Mozambique, warmly welcomed FRELIMO’s presidential candidate, Daniel Francisco Chapo, today, promising their votes for him and his party in the upcoming October 9th elections.
Both the municipal fields in Mutarara and Tsangano were too small to accommodate the large crowds that gathered to see and hear Daniel Chapo as he campaigned for the upcoming elections.
At a popular rally held early in the day, the crowds sang, danced, and voiced their support for Chapo’s candidacy, assuring their votes for FRELIMO, the political party backing his run.
Speaking to the people of Mutarara, his first stop in Tete after traveling from Marromeu and staying overnight in Caia, the candidate expressed gratitude for the popular support and urged voters to head to the polls on October 9th to secure victory for both Chapo and FRELIMO.
“Thank you, Mutarara. Let’s all vote on the 9th to ensure FRELIMO’s victory and its candidate,” Chapo said.
He urged the population not to listen to parties that criticize FRELIMO, in a clear reference to Renamo, the main opposition party in Mozambique.
Chapo argued that if it were not for the 16-year war waged by the opposition, the country, under FRELIMO’s leadership, would have reached higher levels of development.
Switching between Portuguese and the local language, Chapo maintained strong rapport and interaction with the predominantly young audience at the rally.
In Tsangano, he delivered a pointed message addressing local concerns, promising solutions to the identified problems.
Chapo presented two pragmatic solutions to tackle the issue of unemployment in Tsangano.
According to Chapo, if elected, his government will consistently implement two structural initiatives across all municipal towns, district capitals, and urban centers to definitively address the housing-related concerns of young people.
The first solution involves social housing, where his government will take responsibility for mobilizing resources to build affordable housing, sold at subsidized prices in a phased manner to young people who have jobs or income-generating initiatives.
“We will build social housing, and young people who already have jobs and earn a salary can acquire these houses by paying in installments. We know that there are young people working on projects who can afford these houses,” he said.
The second initiative, according to Chapo, involves providing serviced land in expansion areas with basic social services already installed, allowing young people to build their homes in a phased or immediate manner, depending on their financial capacity.
He assured that this solution would include piped water, electricity, roads, and parceled plots, so that young people do not have to start life in areas without the minimum necessary conditions.
