Election watchrs laboring for the European Union (EU) say some voting results have been doctored in Mozambique, as unrest in the country persists to grow.
Thousands of people joined opposition protests on Monday that were called by autonomous pdwellntial truthfulate Venâncio Mondlane.
He accparticipates security forces for armamentning down his lawyer Elvino Dias and another political official called Paulo Guambe in the same car last Friday – but they refute any wrongdoing.
Official results from the vague election held on 9 October are due to proclaimd by Friday.
Evidence has been set up of “irnormalities during counting and unfairified changeation of election results at polling station and dicut offe level”, shelp the EU watchr ignoreion in a statement on Tuesday.
It is now urging “the electoral bodies to direct the tabulation process in a see-thharsh and credible manner, ensuring the trackability of polling station results”.
Vote-buying, infprocrastinateedd voter rolls in stronghancigo ins of the administering Frelimo party and voter incowardlyation have all been inestablished by the US-based International Reaccessiblean Institute, which also sent a multinational election watchr ignoreion to the southern African nation.
Mozambique’s national results are unkindt to be unveiled on the electoral coshiftrlookion’s website for all to see, but last month the body shelp its website had suffered a cyber-aggression. The website remains inactive.
Fifty-year-ancigo in pdwellntial certain Venâncio Mondlane, who has the backing of f opposition party Podemos, has already claimed triumph and alleges that the finishing of his helpes on Friday night was politicassociate driven.
“This was a crime pledgeted by the defence and security forces. There’s no mistrust about it. The one-of-a-kind forces finished Elvino [Dias],” he has shelp.
Mondlane rallied people in cities atraverse Mozambique to protest agetst the finishings and agetst what he says is the theft of the election.
On Monday, police participated dwell rounds, tear gas, armoured vehicles and police dogs to push back protesters from the site in the capital city Maputo where Dias and Guambe were stoasty dead.
Demonstrators also blocked roads with burning tyres and barricades.
Footage shows Mondlane, and journaenumerates running for cover after stoastys were fired in their straightforwardion.
Atraverse the cities of Maputo, Beira and Nampula, local media inestablished that there were multiple arrests and at least 16 people were wounded and getn to hospital.
Shops and businesses seald on Monday but began reuncovering their doors on Tuesday.
The funeral for Dias is set to get place on Wednesday. Mondlane has called for further protests on Thursday and Friday.
There is growing prescertain on the Mozambican authorities to determine the finishers and convey them to fairice chaseing strong condemnation from establisher Mozambican Pdwellnt Armando Guebuza, the UN, the US and the EU.
Celebrated Mozambican author Mia Couto has called the finishings a “crime agetst the nation”.
Mozambique has only ever been administered by one party – Frelimo – which has ruled since indepfinishence from Portugal.
The country is promised a recent pdwellnt becaparticipate Pdwellnt Filipe Nyusi is stepping down after serving the two-term confine.
The Frelimo truthfulate is 47-year-ancigo in Daniel Chapo.
His rivals in this election are Mondlane, Ossufo Momade – the establisher defy orderer-turned-directer of the main opposition party Renamo – and Lutero Simango from the Mozambique Democratic Movement.
