By Agency Staff
BUSINESS DAY - October 30 2014
Mozambique has elected Filipe Nyusi of the governing Frelimo party as
the next president, the National Electoral Commission said on Thursday
in announcing final results of polls two weeks ago.
The former
defence minister won 57% of the vote — which is sharply down on
Frelimo’s 75% victory in the 2009 presidential election. Mr Nyusi’s
nearest rival, Afonso Dhlakama of the former rebel Renamo party,
garnered 37% of the votes — more than double the 16% he won in 2009.
Incumbent
Armando Guebuza, who was constitutionally barred from seeking
re-election to a third term, will hand over early next year to Mr Nyusi,
ho will steer the country as it starts to tap vast natural gas
resources recently discovered in the north.
Frelimo, which has
ruled the former Portuguese colony since independence nearly 40 years
ago, also won the majority of seats in parliament, taking 144 to
Renamo’s 89. A new party, the Mozambique Democratic Movement gained 17
seats.
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