RENAMO leader, Ossufo Momade |
By Manuel Mucari, MAPUTO
Mozambique
Mozambique’s main opposition party Renamo on Tuesday appealed the result
of the Oct. 15 general election, calling on the country’s top court to annul
incumbent President Filipe Nyusi’s victory.
Nyusi and his ruling Frelimo
party won big in the election, which was hoped would calm tensions in
Mozambique, soon to become a top global gas exporter. Instead, the contested
result has stoked divisions as opposition parties have cried foul.
“We want the election results to
be annulled because they were not elections. They were a caricature, a circus
show,” VenĂ¢ncio Mondlane, a Renamo representative, told Reuters by phone.
Mozambican election staff and materials are transported to remote areas of the country ahead of Tuesday's election, in Chongue, Gaza Province, southern Mozambique, October 14, 2019 |
It was hoped the election could
set the seal on a fragile peace pact, designed to put a definitive end to four
decades of violence between Frelimo and Renamo.
The two fought a 16-year civil
war that ended in a truce in 1992 but have clashed sporadically since.
Renamo had wanted to win control
of a number of provinces in Mozambique’s center and north but came away empty
handed.
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