Maputo — The recently created Mozambican Political Party PODEMOS (Party of Optimists for the Development of Mozambique) on Monday announced that its candidate for the 15 October presidential election is the musician Helder Luis Paulo de Mendonca, better known by his stage name Dinho XS.
PODEMOS was formed by some of the same people involved in Ajudem (Youth Association for the Development of Mozambique) which last year attempted to run Samora Machel Junior ("Samito), son of the country's first President, Samora Machel, as its candidate for Mayor of Maputo, in the October 2018 municipal elections.
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