RENAMO: Ossufo Momade sacks Secretary-general
Ossufo Momade leader of Renamo, Mozambique’s main opposition party, has sacked Secretary-general André Magibire.
No reasons have been put forward to explain Magibire’s dismissal.
Former private secretary of the late Renamo leader Afonso Dhlakama, and member of the Assembly of the Republic, the Mozambican parliament, was dismissed on 5 September, but was only formally announced on Friday.
A copy of the press release sent to AIM only states that “the present order shall take immediate effect”.
Asked about Magibire dismissal, a source from Renamo said to AIM that there was nothing wrong, as it is a normal process to revive party’s structures.
As for the new replacement, the source said the candidate is yet to be named.
The same source explained that according to Renamo’s statutes Momad has the powers to put forward a new candidate, who will have to be ratified by Renamo’s National Council. In the meantime, it is too premature to advance any names.
Magibire had been serving as Renamo secretary general since April 2019 and replaced Manuel Bissopo, who was dismissed in January of the same year, by Ossufo Momade.
(AIM)
