Mozambique: Constitutional Council Rejects Appeal Against CAD Symbol

Maputo — The Constitutional Council, Mozambique’s highest body in matters of constitutional and electoral law, has rejected an attempt by a minor political party, the United Congress of Democrats (CDU), to deny Venancio Mondlane a place on the ballot paper for the presidential election scheduled for 9 October.

Mondlane was a prominent member of the main opposition party, Renamo, and was the Renamo candidate for mayor of Maputo in last year’s municipal elections. He intended to stand for the…