Mozambique: Protests 100 times worse if political persecution goes on - Mondlane

For Mondlane, this is yet another case of “political intolerance”

Mozambique: Protests 100 times worse if political persecution goes on - Mondlane

Former presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane threatened on Monday to call for protests “100 times worse” if the “political persecution” of his supporters continues, a day after one of his allies was shot in the centre of Mozambique. “We want to warn the President, who was placed [in the presidency office] by the rapid intervention unit [police], that this is the last chance he has (…). The next victim they try to hit, we’re going to fire up t…

Bullets speak louder than words

Good afternoon. The attempted murder yesterday of the musician and political activist Joel Amaral, also known as MC Trufafá, demonstrates once again that supporting Mozambique’s political opposition can be a deadly activity. There can be little doubt that those who directed the shooting are supporters of ruling party Frelimo who oppose the government doing any kind of deal with de facto opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane. Amaral has been close …

On March 23, Mondlane and Daniel Chapo, president already sworn in, met for the first time, and a commitment was made to cease violence in the country

“We want to warn the President, who was placed [in the presidency] by the Rapid Intervention Unit [police], that this is the last chance he has (...). The next victim they try to do, we will trigger the `Turbo V24 ultra' [terminology used by politicians to classify different phases of protests] (...). We are waiting for one more wounded or one dead. What they have seen to date will be 100 times worse,” Mondlane told thousands of supporters at a …

For Mondlane, it is yet another case of “political intolerance”.