Two Renamo supporters were arrested on 4 and 7 October in Dondo, Sofala, allegedly for destroying Frelimo posters. Those targeted were spotted by police in the central neighbourhood on National Highway 6 and arrested, our correspondents report.
A Renamo caravan was stoned Monday (7 October) in Mocone neighbourhood, Nacala Porto, Nampula. At least 12 Renamo supporters were injured, one seriously.
MDM delegate Jorge Alberto Tovela was released 3 October. He had been detained on 21 September at the Ilha de Inhaca Police Station, Maputo,. Tovela is charged with being involved in an assault case against Frelimo supporters, but can await trial at home.
Dondo police are finally providing an escort for MDM parades and corteges, a week after MDM supporters assaulted the police commander. He was attacked during a show hosted by Florindo Nyusi, son of Frelimo presidential candidate Filipe Nyusi (See Bulletin 62). The MDM members initially approached the policeman to demand that he make police available to accompany MDM caravans (as they do for Frelimo) and the confrontation became violent.
Renamo accuses Frelimo of preparing fraud in Monapo, Nampula, by building shelters for polling stations at schools, notably Monapo Sede, Napala, Age-Nur and Mulutine primary schools. Apparently intended to provide shelter for polling station staff where there are not enough classrooms for all the polling stations, Pedro Florêncio, Renamo’s Monapo mobilization chief, says “the shelters are already ready and they have locked the doors waiting for polling day to then control the polling stations and facilitate the theft of votes.”
To attend the Frelimo-hosted Filipe Nyusi football tournament, dozens of students have been taken out of school. The tournament takes place all over the country. In Muembe, Niassa, dozens of students from Chincono Secondary School say they were forced to travel to the Mavago district to participate in the second phase of the tournament, which they alleges is a sporting event that forms part of Frelimo’s campaign as a way to persuade younger voters.
