The National Council of Mozambique's main opposition party, Renamo, has effectively prevented Venancio Mondlane, the Renamo candidate for mayor of Maputo in last year's municipal elections, from running for the Renamo presidency at the party congress, scheduled for mid-May.
Maputo — The National Council of Mozambique 's main opposition party, Renamo, has effectively prevented Venancio Mondlane, the Renamo candidate for mayor of Maputo in last year's municipal elections, from running for the Renamo presidency at the party congress, scheduled for mid-May.
This immediately excludes Mondlane, since he only joined Renamo in 2018. Previously he was a prominent member of the second opposition party, the Mozambique Democratic Movement . On Sunday morning a group of youths claiming they are Renamo members who support Mondlane demonstrated in favour of Mondlane outside the hotel where the Council was meeting. They were eventually dispersed by Renamo security.
Another blow to Mondlane's ambition to lead Renamo came the association of Renamo war veterans. These demobilized former guerillas told the National Council meeting that they regarded Mondlane's behavior, particularly dragging Renamo through the courts, as"shameful and scandalous'. The Renamo that Mondlane had joined"exists thanks to us, and so we want to warn him to stop his attacks, because he shouldn't play around with us'.
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