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Courts validate Mozambique elections results
Mozambique’s Supreme Court, sitting as the Constitutional Council, has
validated the presidential and parliamentary elections held 3-5 December,
dashing the hopes of the opposition coalition who had petitioned the
country’s highest court to nullify the results.
Maputo, Tuesday 4 January 2000
It's official: Chissano and FRELIMO
win Mozambique elections
Mozambique's ruling Frelimo
Party and incumbent President Joaquim Chissano were today officially declared
winners of the second multi-party elections held on 3-5 December after a
lengthy and acrimonious vote-count.
Maputo,
Wednesday 22 December, 1999
Anxiety over election results heightens in Mozambique
Mozambique's Interior
Minister, Almeininho Manhenje, has warned that police are on full alert and
will deal ruthlessly with any disruptions after the announcement of the final
results of results of the second multi-party elections due later today.
Maputo, Monday
20 December, 1999
Frelimo and
Chissano win Mozambique Elections
The long awaited preliminary
national results of Mozambique’s second multi-party elections announced
Thursday night show that the ruling Frelimo party and incumbent President
Joaquim Chissano appear to have won a narrow victory in the presidential and
parliamentary held on December 3 to 5.
Maputo, Friday
17 December, 1999
Complex vote-counting creates confusion in Mozambique
Mozambique’s complex vote-counting
system has delayed results of the second multi-party elections in Mozambique
and thrown the final outcome into confusion.
Maputo,
Thursday 16 December, 1999
Slow vote count frustrates Mozambicans
Mozambique's much-lauded
election process was beginning to come under criticism from voters, observers
and monitors and media today (Wednesday) as unofficial results came in at a
snail's pace.
Maputo,
Wednesday 8 December, 1999
Mozambique seems set to become two-party state
With 10 percent of unofficial
results now in, Mozambique's presidential and parliamentary results seem to
indicate that President Joaquim Chissano and his ruling Frelimo Party could
well carry both polls. Results collected from Radio Mozambique and the Mozambique
News Agency (AIM) show Chissano with 367,981 votes to Afonso Dhlakama of the
Renamo-Electoral Union with 223,830. These results are from 996 polling
stations out of a total 8,350.
Maputo,
Tuesday 7 December, 1999
Observers praise Mozambique elections
As preliminary results of
Mozambique's presidential and parliamentary elections trickled in, regional
and international observer missions praised citizens, political parties and
electoral officials for the faith in the democratic process which allowed
Mozambicans to express their will.
Maputo, Monday
6 December, 1999
Mozambique elections end: counting already
started
Mozambique's drawn-out
elections officially ended at 6 p.m. today (Sunday) after a 24-hour extension.
Election officials said counting had already started, although even
preliminary and very partial results will not be known for several days.
Maputo, Sunday
5 December, 1999
Bad weather forces extension of Mozambique elections
Torrential rains and flooding
in parts of the large central province of Zambezia have forced the National
Election Commission (CNE) of Mozambique to extend voting for 24 hours. All
polls in the country will now close at 6 p.m. Sunday.
Maputo,
Saturday 4 December, 1999
Mozambique elections move smoothly during first day
More than 50 percent of
Mozambique's more than 7 million voters had cast their ballots by 1 p.m.
today (Friday) in the country's second multi-party presidential and
parliamentary elections.
Maputo, Friday
3 December, 1999
Observers find Mozambique electoral
process "satisfactory"
On the eve of Mozambique's
second multi-party election, regional and international observers seem to
agree that the campaign and electoral process has been satisfactory. More
than seven million voters are expected go to the polls tomorrow and Saturday
with counting beginning immediately the polling stations close. Polling
stations, each of which corresponds to approximately 1,000 registered voters,
are open from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Maputo,
Thursday 2 December, 1999
Low-key Mozambique election ends as it began - quietly
Voters and politicians took a
day off from the presidential and parliamentary elections to go about their
daily business before voting starts Friday and continues Saturday across this
large and diverse country.
Maputo,
Wednesday 1 December, 1999
Large rallies mark end of official Mozambique campaign
Mozambicans have a 48-hour
reprieve from electioneering before they go to the polls Friday and Saturday.
By law, all campaigning stops tonight(Tuesday) allowing the 7,400,000
eligible voters time to reflect beforethey begin to cast their ballots for
presidential and parliamentary candidates Friday and Saturday.
Maputo,
Tuesday 30 November, 1999
FRELIMO, RENAMO wrapup campaigns with counter-charges
With 10 political parties and
three coalitions registered with the National Elections Commission (CNE) for
Mozambique's second multi-party parliamentary and presidential elections next
Friday and Saturday (3-4 December), the key issue emerging is whether the
ruling party Frelimo party cann gain a two-thirds majority in the Assembly of
the Republic in order to push through constitutional amendments denied it by
the opposition Renamo in the last sitting of the 250-member parliament.
Maputo,
Tuesday 30 November, 1999
Chissano appeals for calm: predicts
overwhelming victory
Hilda Conceicao and Antonio
Moiane are standing on the side of the deeply-rutted road, their ragged
clothes and work-hardened hands tell who they are. Peasant farmers warily
watching strangers come into their lush maize fields - the rainy season has
come to southern Mozambique - to talk about the elections this week.
Maputo, Monday
29 November, 1999
Right to amend constitution key Mozambique election
issue
With 10 political parties and
three coalitions registered with the National Elections Commission (CNE) for
Mozambique's second multi-party parliamentary and presidential elections next
Friday and Saturday (3-4 December), the key issue emerging is whether the
ruling party Frelimo party cann gain a two-thirds majority in the Assembly of
the Republic in order to push through constitutional amendments denied it by
the opposition Renamo in the last sitting of the 250-member parliament.
Maputo, Sunday
28 November, 1999
Small signs of Mozambique's political maturity
Hilda Conceicao and Antonio
Moiane are standing on
the side of the deeply-rutted road, their ragged clothes and work-hardened
hands tell who they are. Peasant farmers warily watching strangers come into
their lush maize fields - the rainy season has come to southern Mozambique -
to talk about the elections this week.
Maputo, Sunday
28 November, 1999
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