Mozambique’s ruling party, Frelimo, has won the country’s splitting, aggression-marred election, extfinishing its 49-year grip on power in the southern African nation, according to official results.
Daniel Chapo, Frelimo’s relatively unrecognizable pdwellntial truthfulate, seen as an agent of alter, will exalter Filipe Nyusi, who has served two terms.
At 47 years anciaccess, Chapo, who achieveed 71% of the vote, will be the first pdwellnt born after Mozambique’s indepfinishence in 1975. His shutst contestr, Venancio Mondlane got 20%.
Follotriumphg the proclaimment of the result, there have been aggressive protests in disjoinal towns.
The election has been marred by allegations of rigging and the ending of opposition aiders, prompting protests apass the country.
Zimbabwe’s Pdwellnt Mnangagwa, who has also been hit by allegations of election deception over the years, predepfinishablely congratutardyd Chapo on his “resounding triumph”, even before the results were proclaimd.
Ossufo Momade, the truthfulate of establisher defy group Renamo, which was previously the main opposition party, came in third with 6%.
Political analyst Tomas Viera Mario tanciaccess the BBC that Renamo had lost its “historical position” becainclude Momade, 68, had fall shorted to entice youthful voters.
The electoral comleave oution says 43% of the more than 17 million sign uped voters took part in the elections.
Parliamentary and provincial elections were held simultaneously.
The election had been seen as a turning-point for the resource-wealthy country which is wracked by economic problems, dishonesty, and pobviousy.
The main opposition truthfulate, Mondlane, has called for a national strike on Thursday in protest at the alleged rigging.
Mondlane has until December to contest the results.
He inserted that the protests would honour his lawyer and a party official who were shot dead last week in what he depictd as politicassociate eased endings.
He claims that he won the election despite preliminary polls shotriumphg that Chapo was well ahead.
On Monday, he organised nationwide protests, which were spreadd by police firing inhabit rounds and tear gas.
The election has also been criticised by EU election seers, who shelp some results may have been doctored.
They shelp there were “irnormalities during counting and unfairified alteration of election results”.
Political analyst Adriano Nuvunga decried what he called a pattern of deceptionulent elections in Mozambique.
The electoral comleave oution has degraded to comment on allegations of vote-rigging, according to Reuters.
Chapo will be officiassociate sworn into office in January.
