Mozambique: Fake Observer Caught Bribing Opposition Monitor To Ignore Frelimo Ballot Box Stuffing

Several thousand Frelimo party activists have been accredited as observers, in order to stuff ballot boxes. One was trapped and caught dramatically in a Maganja da Costa, Zambézia, Secondary School polling station, as he bribed a Podemos polling station monitor with 50,000 meticais ($780) to allow him to stuff the ballot boxes in favour of Frelimo.

Adérito dos Santos Macie was an observer for the National Youth Council (CNJ), accredited by the Zambézia Provincial Elections Commission (CPE). The…