Mozambique: Main Opposition Party Insists That It Won in Maputo

Maputo — Mozambique’s main opposition party, Renamo, has insisted that it won Wednesday’s municipal elections in Maputo.

On Friday, Renamo called a press conference to present the results of its parallel count. According to the Renamo mayoral candidate, Venancio Mondlane, the party based its claim of victory on the results sheets (“editais’) from 95 per cent of the 889 polling stations in the capital.

The parallel count gave Renamo 186,114 votes (53 per cent of all votes validly cast). The…