Mozambique: Observers and Journalists Prevented From Observing District Count

Journalists and observers have been barred from attending some counts of the results at district level in Inhambane, Gaza, Niassa and Nampula.

This law states “Observers and the mass media may attend the count of results and shall be notified in writing or by notices, in terms of the law”. But the National Elections Commission (CNE) on 20 September reversed this, making the district count secret. The CNE defines a new category called “physical operations” (operações materiais), which is the…