30 September 2009
Maputo — The mayor of Beira, and leader of the opposition Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM), Daviz Simango, on Wednesday pledged to continue the MDM's election campaign, despite the exclusion of its candidates from nine of the 13 parliamentary constituencies.
Reading out a declaration from the MDM Political Commission at a Maputo press conference, Simango declared "We must advance to the political struggle, a struggle against the logic of Mozambique for some and not for all, the logic of the minimal state for the majority of the population, and the maximum state for the powerful".
He warned against forces supposedly fighting "to reintroduce the totalitarian and repressive system of the one party state", adding "we shall never allow this current regime, obsessed with conserving its economic empire and personal interest at the cost of our poverty, to threaten us, limit our freedom and once again implant oppression in our country as they did in the past".
Despite what he called "manoeuvres of manipulation and blatant lying", the MDM election campaign should be stepped up, and on 28 October the electorate should "Vote for Daviz Simango as President of the Republic, as the only hope to save freedom and democracy in Mozambique".
On polling day, he continued, "there are just two choices: a Mozambique for all, defended by the MDM, or a Mozambique of exclusion, which means a Mozambique just for some".
He condemned the Monday ruling by the Constitutional Council, which upheld the decision by the National Elections Commission (CNE) to exclude the MDM from nine constituencies. He claimed that the Council and the CNE "made it clear that they have acted in defence of the interests of a small group who want to see the majority of Mozambicans excluded from enjoying the rights enshrined under the Mozambican constitution".
The Council, he said, had ignored the arguments presented by the MDM, and it had simply followed the check list of candidates' documentation provide by the CNE. It had never tried to compare the CNE's documentation with that presented by the MDM.
The MDM believes that its documents, duly stamped by the CNE, prove that there was nothing wrong with the nomination papers provided by the great majority of its candidates. Yet the CNE claims that dozens of MDM candidates had no document file ("processo individual") at all. Simango thought this was clear proof that MDM documents had been stolen inside the CNE.
Towards the end of the statement, Simango descended to political abuse, labeling the current Mozambican government as a "fascist regime", and declaring "we have to save democracy and reject totalitarian fascism".
Pf/ (442)
Source: allafrica
Maputo — The mayor of Beira, and leader of the opposition Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM), Daviz Simango, on Wednesday pledged to continue the MDM's election campaign, despite the exclusion of its candidates from nine of the 13 parliamentary constituencies.
Reading out a declaration from the MDM Political Commission at a Maputo press conference, Simango declared "We must advance to the political struggle, a struggle against the logic of Mozambique for some and not for all, the logic of the minimal state for the majority of the population, and the maximum state for the powerful".
He warned against forces supposedly fighting "to reintroduce the totalitarian and repressive system of the one party state", adding "we shall never allow this current regime, obsessed with conserving its economic empire and personal interest at the cost of our poverty, to threaten us, limit our freedom and once again implant oppression in our country as they did in the past".
Despite what he called "manoeuvres of manipulation and blatant lying", the MDM election campaign should be stepped up, and on 28 October the electorate should "Vote for Daviz Simango as President of the Republic, as the only hope to save freedom and democracy in Mozambique".
On polling day, he continued, "there are just two choices: a Mozambique for all, defended by the MDM, or a Mozambique of exclusion, which means a Mozambique just for some".
He condemned the Monday ruling by the Constitutional Council, which upheld the decision by the National Elections Commission (CNE) to exclude the MDM from nine constituencies. He claimed that the Council and the CNE "made it clear that they have acted in defence of the interests of a small group who want to see the majority of Mozambicans excluded from enjoying the rights enshrined under the Mozambican constitution".
The Council, he said, had ignored the arguments presented by the MDM, and it had simply followed the check list of candidates' documentation provide by the CNE. It had never tried to compare the CNE's documentation with that presented by the MDM.
The MDM believes that its documents, duly stamped by the CNE, prove that there was nothing wrong with the nomination papers provided by the great majority of its candidates. Yet the CNE claims that dozens of MDM candidates had no document file ("processo individual") at all. Simango thought this was clear proof that MDM documents had been stolen inside the CNE.
Towards the end of the statement, Simango descended to political abuse, labeling the current Mozambican government as a "fascist regime", and declaring "we have to save democracy and reject totalitarian fascism".
Pf/ (442)
Source: allafrica
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A mensagem está dada, por D. Simango: "salvaguardar a democracia e rejeitar o totaliarismo fascista" - por isso, envidemos esforços nesse sentido. Apelo à unidade/união de todos os que acreditam num Moçambique para TODOS.
Maria Helena
Cara Maria Helena
A mensagem está clara como a água. Voto de resistência contra o regime totaltário, contra o regresso do regime monopartidário anunciando por Marcelimo dos Santos e Mariano Matsinhe
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