CEMO NEWS SUMMARY. 16TH SEPTEMBER, 2009.

DEMOCRACY, GOVERNANCE AND CORRUPTION

Eight parties seeking redress to the "Constitutional"
The Constitutional Council (CC) received at least eight requests for appeal, an equal number of political parties contesting the decisions of the National Electoral Commission (CNE) to exclude them wholly or partly from the race for the Parliament and for provincial assemblies. According to the Organic Law of the Constitutional Council, this institution has a maximum of eleven days, starting yesterday, to rule definitively concerning these claims. According to Geraldo Saranga, Secretary General of the Constitutional Council, political parties that have brought with respect to decisions of the National Electoral Commission in particular are PASOMO, PARENA, Electoral Union coalition, MPD, the Green Party, the National Opposition Union (UNO ), MDM and SOL.
http://www.jornalnoticias.co.mz/pls/notimz2/getxml/pt/contentx/886933

CNE began reviewing applications excluded
The National Elections Commission (CNE) began yesterday to review the applications of the ten political forces excluded from the race on 28 October, but believes that these parties "are acting in bad faith." The spokesman of the CNE, Juvenal Bucuane, ensured that the electoral body "is doing a thorough review of procedures for all", because the institution "may have been mistaken" interpretation of the law, although he feels that "scrupulously respected” the electoral law. Juvenal Bucuane pointed out that the CNE is "prepared" to recognize the errors, if the Constitutional Council contests the ruling of the CNE, but noted that "the excluded parties are acting in bad faith" by challenging its decision.
http://www.opais.co.mz/opais/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2691:cne-comecou-a-rever-candidaturas-excluidas&catid=63:politica&Itemid=273

Youth discuss electoral process
The Youth Parliament promotes today, in Maputo, a debate with politicians and civil society related to the total and/or exclusion by the National Electoral Commission (CNE) of certain political parties and coalitions of the race towards the legislative elections and for the provincial assemblies of 28 October. The discussion will include representatives of that electoral body and will be moderated by a panel consisting of the Salomão Moyana, the president of the League of Human Rights, Alice Mabote, by lawyer Antonio Frangoulis and a renowned constitutionalist.
http://www.jornalnoticias.co.mz/pls/notimz2/getxml/pt/contentx/886956

ECONOMICS AND DEVELOPMENT

Maputo City recorded a growth of consumption
Data enlisted by the National Statistics Institute (INE) and published by the Bank of Mozambique (BM), indicate that the cumulative inflation rate as measured by consumer prices in Maputo city reached 0.33 percent in the first six months of 2009. The report of the Central Bank, compared to the year 2008, consumption reached 3.80%.
The data analysis show that the slowdown in the general price level, this year, led to reduced annual inflation of 6.19 percent seen last December, to 2.65 percent in June this year and the annual average of 12 months passed from 10.33 percent at the end of 2008 to 6.82 in June 2009.
http://www.canalmoz.com/default.jsp?file=ver_artigo&nivel=1&id=21&idRec=6324

Bank of Mozambique announced reservations "comfortable"
The spokesman for the Bank of Mozambique (BM), Waldemar de Sousa, recently said in Maputo that the Central Bank of Mozambique is undergoing a cycle comforting in terms of international reserves, to the extent that the US$1421 million projected by December rose to US$1636 million by July. Reservations comforting that the Bank has, are in large measure the result of the cooperation with partners of the Government of Mozambique, especially the International Monetary Fund (IMF.
Magazine Independente. 16th September, 2009.

Malonda attracts investments
Foundation Malonda, located in the province of Niassa, is working to attract investment from domestic and foreign entities for the development of that region of the country, particularly in forestry and agriculture. In partnership with business New Forestry (British), Chikwete Forestry (Swedish) and Tree Farm (Norway), the foundation has invested US$10 million in forestry projects in the province of Niassa. In an initiative promoted by this institution in partnership with the Provincial Government of Niassa, projects have a lifespan of 10 to 20 years, and is projected to average investment of US$70 million. Since the beginning of the project in 2005 was already planted an area of just over 15 thousand hectares of forest and five nurseries were established with more than 10 million plants each.
Noticias, 16th September, 2009.
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Tete: Drinking water reaches the majority of citizens
About 810 thousand people in the universe of nearly one million eight hundred thousand inhabitants of the province of Tete consume drinking water supplied by 1572 sources spread throughout the province. Official data indicate that the numbers represent a coverage rate of around 55.6 percent. Construction of 193 new sources of water supply are currently ongoing in the districts of Angónia, Changara, Chifunde, Marávia, Tsangano, Zumbo, Moatize and Mutarara, of which 180 are part of a program of the Government in partnership with UNICEF, according to Brito Soca, Provincial Director of Public Works and Housing in Tete. About 21 975 people consume water from small systems to supply the liquid mounted on some district capitals and administrative posts in the province.
Noticias. 16th September, 2009.
http://www.jornalnoticias.co.mz/pls/notimz2/getxml/pt/contentx/886981

HUMAN RIGHTS, JUSTICE AND LEGAL AFFAIRS

Set priorities to alleviate the chains
The National Prisons Service (SINAPRI) defined as a priority to alleviate the congestion of lines is building more prisons, create a joint strategy to find more space to house prisoners, speed up the flow of release from prison by complying with alternative sentences, where, to this end, the community should be given responsibilities in the reintegration of these individuals. Also according to the General Director of Prisons, Joao Zeferino Zandamela, other options should be adopted by the court or the community in its decision-making with respect to minor offenses. These options would be the provision of services to the community in constructive and unpaid actions, such as maintaining roads and public gardens, works of forestation, conservation and protection of wild flora and fauna, cleaning, dredging of drainage ditches, construction of irrigation canals, construction and maintenance of schools, hospitals and other public infrastructures.
Notícias. 16th September, 2009.
http://www.jornalnoticias.co.mz/pls/notimz2/getxml/pt/contentx/886940

Yet the riots in Beira: Popular destroy and lay hold of goods
The people angry that on the morning of Monday last came into confrontation with the police, asking the head of a suspected kidnapper of children, in the level crossing in the city of Beira, also destroyed a number of properties, a truck and seized the appliance, including three glaciers, and a freezer, in addition to basic necessities and clothes in the store of the target, located in Nhaconjo, in the suburbs of the capital of Sofala province. According to the Police, the popular fury ended with the lynching of a young man.
Notícias. 16th September, 2009.
http://www.jornalnoticias.co.mz/pls/notimz2/getxml/pt/contentx/886979

Office of the 1st Lady assists orphans
Orphans and vulnerable children in the village of Lili, the port city of Nacala-Porto, Nampula, are benefiting from a program supported by the Office of the First Lady of Mozambique, Maria da Luz Guebuza. Such support is the availability of school materials, mosquito nets, blankets, clothing diverse, and other items collected in a charity gala held at the end of last year.
Notícias. 16th September, 2009
http://www.jornalnoticias.co.mz/pls/notimz2/getxml/pt/contentx/886982


Police discover cache of war material
The Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM), unearthed last week, military equipment in Chigubo, Gaza province. It is fourteen firearms of the type AKM-47, including nine in obsolete state, three semi-automatics and five 12-gauge shotguns. The provincial commander of Gaza, Xavier Tocoli, said the discovery of the site was due to a complaint made by farmers who were doing farm and found the arms.
O País. 16th September, 2009.


Collaboration

Constancio Nguja – Translation
Constancio Nguja and Delfina Dança – Democracy, Governance and Corruption
Severino de Carvalho – Economics and Development
Delfina Dança – Human Rights, Justice and Legal Affairs
Celso Gusse – Executive Director of CEMO