Mozambique: CC should rethink ( Joseph Hanlon)

Mozambique political process bulletin

Documents presented by the MDM show that the CNE’s mapa de controlo does not
correspond to some of its own official documents. The Constitutional Council accepted in good faith that the mapa de controlo was an accurate record, and thus did not ask individual parties to respond. At the very least, we now must accept that the mapa de controlo may not be accurate. Does the receipt given by the CNE to the MDM for its Maputo province list, which is an official record, have a different standing that the mapa de controlo? One says the MDM should be able to stand in Maputo province, while the other says not – so the difference is not trivial. The Constitutional Council has broad and flexible powers. Under a very tight deadline, it acted in good faith in accepting the mapa de controlo. First, it should publish the entire mapa de controlo. And second, it must reconsider its decisions and allow the parties to present any evidence that the mapa de controlo is wrong.