Mozambique: Chapo Hopes to Simplify Provincial Governance

Maputo — Mozambican President Daniel Chapo has submitted a bill to the Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, that will eliminate an entire tier of governance, cutting out mountains of red tape, and making substantial savings.

With one stroke of his pen, Chapo undid the constitutional amendments of 2018, which had introduced an unwieldy system of local authorities in the name of decentralisation.

This complex system had two overlapping layers of provincial power. Alongside the…