, The Constitutional Court has re-allocated fraudulently won municipal elections between the ruling Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (Frelimo) and the opposition Resistência Nacional Moçambicana (Renamo) in a move which proves that crime pays , according to a report on the 11 October polls by the leading independent civil society organisation, the Centro de Integridade Pública (CIP).
, Live fire from police resulted in several deaths over the 27-29 October weekend during nationwide protests against the decision of the Comissão Nacional de Eleições (CNE) to approve the preliminary results of the 11 October municipal elections, in which the ruling Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (Frelimo) purportedly won 64 out of 65 districts.
Opposition Renamo sees ruling as vindicating its claims of systemic electoral fraud, A wave of protests claiming massive vote rigging by the ruling Frente de Libertação de Moçambique s (Frelimo) party in the 11 October local elections have prompted courts to order a series of recounts and new polls.
Evidence of mass vote-rigging in municipal elections has prompted public anger and infighting in the ruling party, Widespread protests followed ruling party Frente de Libertação de Moçambique s (Frelimo) declaration of a near clean sweep in the 11 October municipal elections, despite evidence from parallel counts of clear losses in a number of key areas, including the capital Maputo. In the results announced by the Comissão Nacional de Eleições (the electoral commission – CNE) on 13 October, Frelimo was declared the winner in 64 out of 65 municipalities. There was only one opposition victory: the city of Beira in Sofala Province, which has long been a stronghold of the Movimento Democrático de Moçambique (MDM).
The ruling party may have won, but it has not emerged stronger from the result, nor has the President, who did not act like a graceful victor, The 24 August general elections produced the victory that President João Lourenço expected, but not by a margin that the Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA) is used to.