PRESS RELEASE
TO: ALL MEDIA HOUSES
DATE: 4TH NOVEMBER, 2024.

African Electoral Institute is calling on the good people of Mozambique to stay calm after the general election held on the 9th October 2024 leading to chaos and mass mobilization of people and supporters by the main opposition Renamo Party and others unto the streets to protest against the results or the outcome of the polls.

The mass protest in Mozambique has led to the near breakdown of law and order, which threatens to plunge the country back into another armed conflict as was witnessed some years ago.
It is in this light that the African Electoral Institute is calling on the citizens to remain calm and to allow their leadership to use all due process (s) under their Constitution or electoral laws to seek redress.

The African Electoral Institute is worried about the unfolding chaos especially when some of the foreign election observers, including European Union (EU) observers has clearly stated that the election was fraught with so much irregularities and opaqueness including unjustified alterations of electoral results in favor of the governing Frelimo Party.

The African Electoral Institute equally condemns the Security Agencies in Mozambique for the numerous number of protesters who have been injured and the alleged target killings of two opposition leading members namely Elvino Dias who was a lawyer and advisor to the opposition presidential candidate Mondiane and Paulo Guambo , the spokesperson of the opposition party .

The African Electoral Institute wish to urge the security agencies in Mozambique to be circumspect in the performance of their duties , to disperse the demonstrators by giving it a human face and eschew high handedness since that only goes to infuriate the citizens to come all out to vent their anger and frustration which may overwhelm the SecurityAgencies, leading to complete breakdown of law and order.

In view of this, the African Electoral Institute wishes to advise as follows:

1.The Mozambican Electoral Body should do the needful by constituting an independent investigation committee or commission to conduct a thorough investigation into the complaints of the opposition, to come out with their findings and recommendations for implementation as quickly as possible.

2.That, both the incumbent and opposition parties should commit to the rule of law by accepting the findings of the investigation body for speedy implementation or resolution.

3.The leadership of the opposition should call their supporters to exercise restraint whilst they use all possible and legal means to fight for the right thing to be done.

4.That, the security forces should do everything possible under their power professionally to avoid a complete breakdown of law and order and also prevent further injuries or harm to protesters.

5.That the international community, such as the European Union , African Union, and even the United Nations, should take interest in this impasse in finding a lasting and acceptable resolution to the problem to prevent it from escalating.

It is the humble view of the African Electoral Institute that if the above suggestions are put to work, the people of Mozambique will see light at the end of the tunnel.
African Electoral Institute equally want to admonish all Electoral Bodies or authorities in the world over especially those in Africa that it is incumbent on them to always strive to organize elections, having in mind that, the elections must be seen to be free, fair, transparent, accountable and acceptable by all to be called a successful elections and that is what democracy is about hence our motto; integrity of choice.

SIGNED:
EX. WO1 Alhaji Yussif Mahamah
Electoral Security Department.
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oshua Adjin-Tettey
*Director of Communications and External Relations
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Engr. Judge Hasford Quartey
Deputy Director of Communications and External Relations.
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About Us:
African Electoral Institute ( AEI) is a Civil Society Organisation (CSO) founded to deliver sustainable electoral solutions to Emerging and Developed Democracies to strengthen, augment, and build electoral stakeholders capacity and participation on electoral issues through electoral education on voter’s rights and freedom, electoral research, election monitoring, election observation, election results collation, election security awareness and training of polling agents and elections directors underscoring the fact that “elections are won at the polling stations’’ and the participation of all identifiable electoral stakeholders in an electoral process such as Political Parties, Governmental Institutions, underpinning transparency and accountability for a free, fair, and credible elections in Africa and the wider world.

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