The candidate for governor of Maputo province from Mozambique's main opposition party Renamo, Antonio Muchanga, has insisted that the only way of eliminating electoral fraud is to amend the electoral legislation to allow the recounting of votes.
Maputo — The candidate for governor of Maputo province from Mozambique 's main opposition party Renamo, Antonio Muchanga, has insisted that the only way of eliminating electoral fraud is to amend the electoral legislation to allow the recounting of votes.
But President Filipe Nyusi has vetoed the amended law, sending it back to parliament for reconsideration. "But he's failed in his arguments', he claimed."He's violated the Constitution. So we are going to force him to approve the amended version, just as it stands, to ensure that nobody can steal the votes that the people deposit, and give them to any party'.
The main question is the power of the courts to order recounts, or to declare elections null and void. Last year, during the municipal elections several district courts ordered recounts - but in every case the Constitutional Council, the country's highest body in matters of electoral law, overruled them.
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