Mozambique President Daniel Chapo, who is also a leader of Frelimo, met Sunday with former presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane to “discuss solutions to the challenges that the country faces”
Former presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane announced an agreement with the Mozambican President to cease violence from Monday, including police and members of the Frelimo Party, and guarantees of medical assistance to those injured during protests.
“Daniel Chapo has taken responsibility to the Mozambican State to strive to ensure that this state-coming violence from the police, which comes from the Fast Intervention Unit (UIR), the Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC), this violence must be stained,” said Venâncio Mondlane, from a ‘Live’ (direct) on his official Facebook page.
“Venâncio Mondlane who is talking to you today has assumed the responsibility of coming to say in the live to the people that the violence infringed against Uir against Sernic, against members of Frelimo, against others who do not agree with us should also cease,” the politician added.
Mozambique President Daniel Chapo, who is also a leader of Frelimo, met Sunday with former presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane to “discuss solutions to the challenges that the country faces,” the presidency of the Republic announced today.
In a statement, the presidency explained that the meeting, the first between the two publicly released after the start of the contestation on the streets that followed the general elections of October 9, took place in Maputo and was “in the continuous effort to promote national stability and reinforce the commitment to reconciliation and the unity of Mozambicans”.
“There is a commitment made not to murder Mozambicans. Whether Mozambicans of the trench A or Trincheira B, we make the commitment to end the violence. We will assume that today violence ceases between both parties,” said Venâncio Mondlane.
Venâncio Mondlane also pointed out consensus with the Mozambican President about free medical and drug assistance guarantees to all people who were injured, including police and Frelimo party members, especially Tire, during post-election protests.
“People who were killed were murdered, who have families, you have to compensate for families. Children, adults, old people, life has been lost. We need to give these people social assistance, to compensate for these families. Daniel Chapo said and agreed, he said we should give psychological assistance and I agree,” said Venâncio Mondlane, underlining consensus.
Mondlane also announced consensus with the president of Mozambique to grant indulhers to detainees in the context of protests: “Is this what the people want or do not want? This is against Mozambique? This is good for the people or not?” He also announced the creation of teams that will write the document from the reached consensus.
“All kinds of pursuit of both parties, we come to consensus that this should cease, should stop,” repeated Mondlane
Mozambique has been experiencing a climate of strong social agitation since October, with demonstrations and stoppages called by Venâncio Mondlane, who rejects the October 9 election results, which gave Victoria to Daniel Chapo.
Currently, the protests, now on a small scale, have been occurring in different parts of the country and, in addition to the contestation of results, popular complain about the increase in cost of living and other social problems.
Since October, at least 361 people have died, including about two dozen minors, according to the decide platform, a non-governmental Mozambican organization that accompanies electoral processes.
The Mozambican government confirmed at least 80 deaths, in addition to the destruction of 1,677 commercial establishments, 177 schools and 23 sanitary units during the demonstrations.
