Government agency summons business people to Frelimo meeting
The director of the a state agency, the District Economic Activities Service in Machanga, Sofala, on short notice called business people to a party meeting in the Frelimo offices. The meeting yesterday (3 September), was chaired by Frelimo Political Commission member and head of the Frelimo Central Brigade for Sofala Province, Eneas Comiche. The letter of invitation, shown in the photo below and dated Monday (2 September), was on government headed notepaper and signed by Luís Macuvage Domingos as director of the district service.
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Frelimo worried about Mondlane
Health worker transferred because he accommodated Podemos members
The independent groups CAD (Democratic Alliance Coalition) and Podemos (“we can”) have come under heavy pressure from Frelimo. CAD was the coalition supporting independent presidential candidate Venancio Mondlane. It had full lists of candidates for all provinces, but in a highly dubious and partisan decision the CNE and Constitutional Council would not let them stand. But the lists of another independent group, Podemos, were accepted in all provinces, and they agreed to support Mondlane. CAD members shifted over to campaign for Podemos and Mondlane, which Frelimo had apparently not expected, so pressure is on CAD/Podemos.
Albertino Mesa, a worker at the Maganja da Costa district hospital, Zambézia, will be transferred to the Vila Valdez health unit, in Baixa Licungo, Nante, because he accommodated in his house members of CAD who are today supporters of Podemos, of which Mesa is a member. The dispatch was signed by the District Director of Health, while Mesa was on leave.
The delegate of CAD in Tambara, in Manica province, who is today a supporter of Podemos, received a death threat after he refused a bribe of 100,000 meticais to join Frelimo – at $1500 a large amount which surely would never have been paid. But after he rejected this offer, he was told that his days were numbered. On the same day, at about 23.00, armed men went to his house, but he was absent. Neighbours confirmed this visit.
A member of the Mozambican police tried, but failed, to prevent a march by supporters of Venâncio Mondlane last Sunday (1 September) in Morrumbala, Zambezia. During this incident, the policeman assaulted one of Venâncio Mondlane’s security guards. Also in Zambezia, a young man was detained on Tuesday (3 September) in Mutho village, Mopeia, because he was supposedly campaigning for Podemos. The village secretary accused him of disturbing public order.
The police on Tuesday (3 September) delayed for 30 minutes the campaign of Podemos, in Murrupula, Nampula province.
Frelimo members held a rally at the same place where Venâncio Mondlane, presidential candidate of the Podemos party, was holding his rally, in Mocubela, Zambézia (picture below). But there was no violence.
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