Protesters hold a PODEMOS flag during a nationwide strike called by Mozambique presidential candidate Venancio Mondlane to protest the provisional results of an October 9 election, in Maputo, Mozambique, October 21, 2024
Daniel Chapo’s victory as Mozambique’s next President was highly expected. After all, his party, Frelimo, has had a grip on the country’s political apparatus since 1975 when they won independence from Portugal.
On Monday, 55 days after he was declared winner, the Constitutional Council, a judicial body with independence, validated the win although it lowered the size of his count by five percent.
