The latest municipal polls were held on Sunday amid a low turnout and renewed allegation of fraud by the opposition. Opposition parties, the main Mozambican National Resistance Movement (RENAMO) and the Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM) have rejected the latest set of results as they did the outcome of the October 11 elections. RENAMO has since the announcement of the elections in October been organizing so-called victory parades, claiming they were the outright winner of the municipal elections. The Constitutional Council, the last body of appeal in the electoral process, in November ruled that FRELIMO won 56 municipalities, RENAMO four and the MDM one. The South African-based Institute for Security Studies warned “fraudulent” municipal elections were crippling democracy in Mozambique.

Source: The North Africa Journal December 14, 2023 09:35 UTC