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Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi assured the nation he has no intention of staying in office beyond the end of his current term, in mid-January 2025. In a televised address to the nation on the occasion of the Christmas and New Year holidays, he also denied that he was about to declare a state of emergency or a state of siege.
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi assured the nation he has no intention of staying in office beyond the end of his current term, in mid-January 2025. In a televised address to the nation on the occasion of the Christmas and New Year holidays, he also denied that he was about to declare a state of emergency or a state of siege.
Nyusi was replying to presidential candidate Venancio Mondlane who had declared, in a video-conference with representatives of the European parliament in Strasbourg, that he was “deeply convinced that President Nyusi wants to remain in power.
President Nyusi recalled that for years there has been speculation that he would seek a third term of office. But he had never wanted a third term and did not attempt to obtain one. The Mozambican constitution states that nobody may hold the post of President of the Republic for more than two consecutive terms. Nyusi had never sought to amend this clause in the constitution.
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Nyusi confirmed that he had spoken to Mondlane by phone for over an hour. He described their talk as “serene” but, like Mondlane, declined to give any details about what the two men had discussed.
