9 January 2008
Maputo — The southern Mozambican city of Matola has a new mayor as of Wednesday, when Maria Vicente was sworn into office.
Her predecessor, Carlos Tembe, died of a sudden illness in December. Vicente was chairperson of the Matola municipal assembly, and under the country's municipal legislation, she automatically became the new major.
When a mayor dies during his term of office, a by-election is not held if the next scheduled municipal election is a year or less away. The next ordinary municipal elections should be held in November this year.
The formal announcement of the new mayor was announced at an Extraordinary Session of the Matola Assembly.
Immediately after taking office, Vicente told reporters that she would continue to work to ensure that all the projects planned by the municipal authorities for 2008 would be carried out. "Perhaps things will not have the same dynamic", she admitted, "but I will do everything in my power to carry out what we have promised.
She asked the Municipal Assembly to give its full support to Antonio Mungoi, the previous deputy chairperson, who now becomes chairperson of the Assembly. Vicente will chair her first meeting of the City Council ad mayor on Thursday.
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