The last day of the election campaign was quiet across the country. Filipe Nyusi started the day in Nampula and ended in Matola where his closing rally attended by thousands of people. Ossufo Momade was in four important districts of Nampula. He started the day in Angoche, then went to a very crowded rally in the city of Nampula, moved to his homeland, Ilha de Moçambique, and by nightfall was making another rally in Nacala Porto, with thousands of people. Daviz Simango rallied to thousands in Beira, his bastion.
There were no reports of major incidents on the last day.
The campaign ended today at 9 pm. In the coming two days – Sunday and Monday – it is forbidden to campaign.
United Against Fraud
For the first time, six major opposition parties competing in Tuesday’s elections have signed a cooperation pact to prevent electoral fraud that favours Frelimo. These are Renamo, MDM, New Democracy, AMUSI, Podemos, and the Ecologists.
The parties have united because they are “deeply distressed by the violence and bloody wave that characterized the election campaign; concerned about the silence of the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the electoral administration\ regarding manipulation of census data and mindful of the strategy of mega fraud being orchestrated by Frelimo,” they said in a press release.
Bloody campaign: 44 dead,271 injured and 59 detained
In the 43-day election campaign, 44 people were killed in the election-related incidents – 7 murdered and the rest in vehicular accidents. In addition, 271 were injured by assault and car crashes, and at least 59 people were arrested.
This is the preliminary balance according to the records of our correspondents.
In the last week of the election campaign there were 6 deaths, 42 injured and 10 detained.
