Mozambique: Has the Elections Commission Broken the Law?

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Mozambique's National Elections Commission (CNE), which is obliged to uphold the country's electoral legislation, appears to have violated it by allowing the previously unknown Party for Freedom and Development (PLD) to stand in ten of the 13 parliamentary constituencies.

The CNE clearly overlooked article 166 of the electoral law, which states that any political party may present candidates for parliament, as long it has been registered by the start of the period for presenting nomination papers.

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