MADRID Dec. 27 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The president of the African Union (AU) Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, and the Secretary General of the UN, António Guterres, have shown their “concern” about the violence registered after the presidential elections, which have given victory to the official candidacy despite allegations of electoral fraud.
Mahamat, who has conveyed his “sincere condolences” to the victims, has regretted that the situation has worsened after the publication of the official results of the elections this week, when the deaths of “dozens of people” have been recorded, and has called for calm.
While he has indicated that he “closely follows events” in the African country, he has encouraged security forces to exercise “moderation” in the use of force amid violence and to maintain public order, according to the statement. a statement published on the regional organization’s website.
Thus, he has urged the Government and the rest of the political and social actors to “seek a peaceful solution to resolve the current crisis and avoid further loss of life and destruction of property.” He has also reaffirmed the AU’s commitment to collaborating with the authorities to “end the violence and safeguard constitutional democracy.”
Along these lines, Guterres has indicated through his associate spokesperson, Stéphanie Tremblay, that he “takes note of the announcement” by the Constitutional Court that has ratified the victory of the ruling party in the elections held on October 9 and has added that “it continues following events closely.”
“Urges all political leaders and relevant national stakeholders to reduce tensions, including through meaningful dialogue, legal redress, refrain from resorting to violence and redouble efforts to seek a peaceful solution to the current crisis, constructively, which is essential for the collective future of Mozambicans,” he said.
The day before, the authorities reported the death of more than 30 people in a riot in which around 1,500 people escaped and which took place in the central prison of Matula, on the outskirts of the capital of Mozambique, Maputo, while that the country has experienced several consecutive days of chaos in the streets, with looting, vandalism and barricades.
Although the authorities have not given a compiled balance of victims, although this week they have spoken of around twenty deaths, the Mozambican NGO Eleitoral Decide Platform has confirmed 125 deaths in the last three days and a total of 252 in the last two months. .
Venancio Mondlane, who has emerged as the main opposition figure, insists that there was electoral fraud and has announced that he will continue to urge his followers to continue with the protests. Meanwhile, he remains out of the country, his whereabouts unknown since the end of October.
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