MOZAMBIQUE: DEMOCRACY, GOVERNANCE AND CORRUPTION Constitutional Council maintains the decision of the CNE The Constitutional Council (CC) dismissed the claims of all parties that had been partially or completely excluded from the general elections of 28 October by the National Electoral Commission. In ruling delivered yesterday to the claimant parties, the CC considers the reasons stated in the resources of 14 political parties submitted to that organ against the decision 65/CNE/2009, 5 September, with no legal basis for sustainability, which makes them invalid, thereby maintaining the decision of the National Electoral Commission. Political parties promise to make a decision today on the decision of that organ. O País. 29th September, 2009. National Electoral Commission favoured PLD - say CIP and AWEPA The National Electoral Commission (CNE) that this election has lost credit in the eyes of many citizens and civil society organizations in Mozambique and abroad, is accused this time of giving special treatment to political parties competing for the election of 28 October. CNE has favoured the draft Freedom Democratic Party (PLD), an organization which has no statutes published in Government Gazette and therefore with no legal existence. The PLD is seen as a work of special-interest groups, to scatter the votes of Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM), to the extent that the PLD has adopted as its symbol a turkey to be confused with the MDM which has a cock as its symbol. And the fact that the PLD has been admitted in all constituencies except one where even ran - Zambezia - is also seen as the interest of the FRELIMO and RENAMO. http://www.canalmoz.com/default.jsp?file=ver_artigo&nivel=1&id=7&idRec=6414 RENAMO threat to use violence to respond to the provocations of the police RENAMO, in Nampula, is amused with police in that province. This political formation accuses the agents of PRM are being exploited by the ruling party to create panic in the hunting to vote, to intimidate the members of this political formation, to deter supporters to flock to mass campaigns in the province. This information was advanced yesterday by the spokesman for RENAMO in the north of the country, Arnaldo Chalawa. According to him, his political formation is determined to respond these situations with violence, if the police and the FRELIMO not retract. O País. 29th September, 2009. Ireland pleased with implementation of its aid The Irish investment is being properly applied in the country, taking into account socio-economic growth that Mozambique has been experiencing in recent years, acknowledged a few days ago the Ambassador of Ireland accredited to Maputo, Frank Sheridan. He stated that there are progress in sectors of Education and Health as well as in rural areas of provinces where that European country has been injecting large proportion of funding allocated, including the provinces of Niassa and Nampula, as examples. Frank Sheridan was speaking on the sidelines of the inauguration ceremony of the female boarding Training Centre Young Africa, built with funds from the Irish government and non-governmental organizations, about 7.4 million Meticais. Notícias. 29th September, 2009 http://www.jornalnoticias.co.mz/pls/notimz2/getxml/pt/contentx/893292