Ossufo Momade has been in Zambézia since Thursday September 12, drawing large crowds to his rallies in the province where Renamo won the previous election. Renamo’s presidential candidate criticized Frelimo’s electoral violence, recalling that “they did this to President Dhlakama,” in reference to the various attacks on Renamo’s late president.
“We know the behaviour of our evil red brothers, they were the ones who beat that teacher who is hospitalized in Quelimane,” Momade told the people of Pebane.
In Quelimane, Momade visited Professor Aristides da Conceição who was brutally assaulted in the town of Guerrica, Derre district.
In Nicoadala Momade arrived at 14.00 on Sunday 15 Septemberd where the rally was scheduled to be held at the CFM sports field. But hours earlier it was occupied by Frelimo members and supporters, forcing Momade to hold a rally at party headquarters.
Elsewhere on the campaign trail
Thrown out of town for talking to Renamo
Anyone who goes close to a Renamo parade will be expelled from the community, local leaders in Honde village, Bárue, Manica, have told their people. Because of this, most people are afraid to talk to Renamo members doing door-to-door campaigning.
No Gaza credentials for ND
Gaza’s district election commissions (CDEs) are refusing to receive the application documents for ND party polling station delegates. says Félix da Silva, parliamentary candidate for New Democracy (ND). Every party is allowed to nominate one delegate, or poll watcher, in each polling station, plus an alternate, and the names supplied by the parties must be accepted. But ND says Gaza is
refusing.
South left for last
The electoral campaign has started slowly in the four provinces of the south of the country, with major political parties and their presidential candidates prioritizing the central and northern regions. Ossufo Momade began his vote hunting in the capital and visited the districts of Marracuene, Boane and Matola, and only then moved north to Zambézia, while the other three candidates concentrated their campaign in the centre and north. Nampula and Zambézia, the two largest constituencies, accounting for more than 1/3 of parliamentary seats.
Filipe Nyusi launched the campaign in Beira and then went to Zambézia, Nampula, Cabo Delgado and Niassa. Daviz Simango launched his campaign in Gurué, Zambézia, before heading to Cabo Delgado and Niassa. Mario Albino from AMUSI has not left Nampula yet.
