The Frelimo party, which currently holds power in Mozambique, guarantees that the current Mozambican context will allow an impartial and free electoral process to take place, also contributing to democracy in the country.
Frelimo, last Tuesday, reinforced the idea that the completion of the process of disarming the armed wing of Renamo, the largest opposition party, will allow the local elections of 11 October to take place transparently and unhindered.
According to Verónica Macamo, Frelimo's representative on the National Elections Commission (CNE), the climate of peace that Mozambique has recently been experiencing will favour fair and free elections and foster democracy in the country.
Macamo made these statements after formalising Frelimo's candidacy for the upcoming local elections. She stressed that the vote will take place at a moment of great significance for the country, after the symbolic burial of weapons.
Mozambique has shown everyone, and above all itself, that true brothers must behave as such, treating each other with affection and love and resolving their differences through dialogue.
On 11 October, Mozambique will hold the sixth local elections in its history. The poll will cover all 65 of the country's municipalities. On 15 June, Renamo's last base, located in the district of Gorongosa, in the central province of Sofala, closed down its operations. This milestone symbolised the end of the process of disarming and demobilising the party's guerrillas.
Under the Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration Programme, 5,221 Renamo guerrillas have returned to their homes. The next step in the process is the reintegration of these individuals, which includes the start of the granting of pensions to the demobilised.
