Mozambique’s top court has upheld the ruling party Frelimo’s victory in the October elections, a decision that has sparked widespread protests from opposition groups alleging electoral fraud. The Constitutional Council validated the results on Monday, confirming Frelimo’s Daniel Chapo as the winner of the presidency and an increased parliamentary majority for the party.
Western observers have criticised the election as neither free nor fair, while Frelimo has consistently denied allegations of vote-rigging. The electoral commission, which announced Chapo’s landslide win, has yet to comment on the fraud claims.
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The post-election period has been marked by the largest anti-Frelimo protests in Mozambique’s history, with at least 130 people killed in clashes between demonstrators and police, according to Plataforma Decide, a civil society monitoring group.
The ruling is expected to fuel further unrest in the Southern African nation of nearly 35 million people, where Frelimo has held power since independence from Portugal in 1975.
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