Parties with an eye on the elections: Introducing their municipality candidates
Frelimo and Renamo parties have already partially secured the heads of lists at local authority level.
With tensions caused by the organization for the next October 11th elections in Mozambique begins the trigger of the concerns around the party movements. Frelimo and Renamo parties have already partially secured the heads of lists at local authority level. Despite kick-off, the MDM (Democratic Movement of Mozambique) still faces the challenge of presenting their candidates in the next five days for the next ballot pool.
The preparation for these elections is being carried out with great intensity, this situation is justified by the coalition of political parties and group of citizens, those who signed up to run in the upcoming elections.
According to the newspaper "Jornal Domingo", there are 200 candidates and more than 10,000 members of municipal assemblies to lead the lists. Recall that the Frelimo party has been meeting since yesterday in the 11 provincial committees for sessions aimed at candidates.
Heads of Frelimo brigades guarantee transparency
According to the brigade chiefs, they guarantee that the rules defined by the process are being respected with a view to consolidating transparency. Meanwhile Renamo announced the completion of internal elections for its candidates around the 65 national municipalities. The subsequent step will be enacted by the National Council, it is yet to be announced, said Sílvia Cheia.
At a time where other parties tend to finalize, the MDM spokesperson, in turn, says that the electoral process at the grassroots level is being concluded and guarantee that announcement will be done soon in the next 5 to 10 days’ time. Therefore, a source guarantees that the lists to be published may include the names of some members of civil society, some of whom are known in the public sphere. This point is considered an assessment for the interests of the movement with a view to gain more support from voters.
The Past Returns to shake the Electoral Race
The next elections began to agitate politicians, at a time when some candidates from the largest political groups are again contesting the elections in the same municipality, these cases are António Muchanga and Júlio Parruque. Remember that the 2018 elections were heavily criticized for allegedly for being free, fair, transparent, benefiting Frelimo.
The question that we as "Integrity" pose is, will it be RENAMO's turn to rescue the municipality of Matola?
On another side we find the new recently created municipality of Marracuenely, where the Frelimo party has already placed its bet on his member Mr. Sidat. So, these elections are being very disputed by strong political actors, it will be now that we will see transparency or elections without juggling favouritism.
