Mozambique's main opposition party, Renamo, has insisted that it won Wednesday's municipal elections in Maputo.
On Friday, Renamo called a press conference to present the results of its parallel count. According to the Renamo mayoral candidate, Venancio Mondlane, the party based its claim of victory on the results sheets from 95 per cent of the 889 polling stations in the capital.
Mondlane insisted that Renamo has copies of all the results sheets and polling station minutes. This allowed Renamo to give a breakdown of the results, in each of the Maputo municipal districts. The TVM results gave victory to Frelimo with 56.03 per cent of the vote, followed by Renamo with 36.4 per cent, and the MDM with 11 per cent.There was a problem processing your submission. Please try again later.
By checking the editais held by Renamo against those held by STAE and by Frelimo, it might be possible to reach the truth. Renamo claims that its copies of the editais are duly signed and stamped. They should contain exactly the same figures as those on the other copies of the editais.
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