In 7 municipalities, no party has a majority in the municipal assembly. How does the mayor govern? Our investigation shows that decisions are being made locally, with the MDM supporting Frelimo in 4 municipalities and the MDM and Renamo collaborating in 3. (See table in attached pdf version of this bulletin.)
In three of these municipalities - Alto Molocue, Marromeu and Monapo - there is a particular tension because parallel counts showed that Renamo had won the election, but after election commission counts from which the opposition was excluded, the official results gave victory to Frelimo.
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