Presidente da Frelimo Filipe Nyusi saúda as delegadas que participam na III Sessão Ordinária do Conselho Nacional da Organização da Mulher Moçambicana (OMM)
Maputo, 4 Apr (AIM) – Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Wednesday called on members of the Central Committee of the ruling Frelimo Party to cultivate “responsibility, discipline and alignment”.
Speaking in his capacity as President of Frelimo, Nyusi told the opening session of a meeting of the National Council of the Mozambican Women’s Organisation (OMM), which is affiliated to Frelimo, that the Central Committee will take “important decisions”, including the directive that will guide inner-party elections.
“We expect from each member (of the Central Committee) greater responsibility, discipline and alignment with the leadership of the party in all phase of preparation for the elections”, he stressed.
Nyusi added that, by the term “alignment”, he was not trying to ban different thinking from within the party. The golden rule in Frelimo, he said, remained “unity – criticism – unity”.
“Alignment means harmonising decisions, and taking them in a collegial manner”, he said. “Alignment is the continuation of our concept of unity – criticism – unity. That is, we begin in a consensual, united and aligned manner. We go on debating and criticizing and, at the end, we return to being aligned and united”.
Nyusi urged women members of Frelimo to lead the mobilization of voters to ensure victory in the presidential, parliamentary and provincial elections scheduled for 9 October.
Nyusi said nothing about the announcement by Samora Machel Junior, the son of the country’s first President, Samora Machel, that he intends to stand for the Presidency of Frelimo, although he must have known about it.
The party’s spokesperson, Ludmila Maguni, was less reticent. Cited in Thursday’s issue of the independent newssheet “Mediafax”, she said that Machel was exercising his right as a member of Frelimo and of the Central Committee.
But it was important to follow the party’s statutes and all the norms for inner-party elections, she added. Furthermore, the final decision on the Frelimo candidate for the October presidential election will be taken by the Central Committee.
That decision is likely to emerge, not from this week’s meeting of the Central Committee, but from one scheduled for mid-May.
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