Two opposition parties, Renamo and MDM, announced they would boycott Monday’s session, which will swear in new parliamentarians. Renamo won 28 seats in the 250-seat house and the Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM) took eight.
“I’m here in the flesh to say that if you want to negotiate… I’m here,”
Mozambican protesters kept up the heat for weeks on the ruling party they say stole elections in October, inspired by charismatic opposition leader Venancio Mondlane who mounted a formidable social media campaign from a hiding place abroad.
Venancio Mondlane, who left Mozambique after his lawyer was gunned down on October 19, said in a Facebook live address he would arrive at Maputo’s Mavalane airport on Thursday.
Around 125 people have been killed in three days of violent clashes across Mozambique amid opposition-led protests over the presidential election results, a non-governmental organisation said Thursday.
The southern African nation has been rocked by violence since the October 9 vote won by the Frelimo party, which has been in power for almost 50 years.
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