Candidates for polling station staff (membros de mesa de voto, MMV) in Morrumbala District, Zambézia, dropped out of training Saturday (5 October) because they were dissatisfied with the snack provided by the Technical Secretariat for Electoral Administration (STAE) in the district.
For the snack each candidate was given two packets of biscuits and a soda, our correspondents report. “Our colleagues in Tete receive 200 meticais ($3.30) a day and each has a decent snack. The same is not happening here in Morrumbala,” he said. On the first day we had Frozy and a little cookie package. We tolerated it until the second day,” he added. Another trainee told the Bulletin said that the group will not resume training without their demands being met.
The trainees are employed at Sede, Samora Machel, and Airport primary schools and the Industrial Institute. The District Election Commission (CDE) in Morrumbala set up a team yesterday to pass each school to convince the MMVs to resume training by promising to provide a decent snack. However, the candidates rejected the proposal on the grounds that the agency should give money to buy their own snack, our correspondents report.
