Wed Oct 28, 2009
(PressTV) Mozambique people have gone to polls in elections for a new president, parliament and regional assemblies for the fourth time since the introduction of multi-party democracy in 1994.
The presidential, parliamentary and provincial elections are widely expected to be won by the ruling party Frelimo and incumbent President Armando Guebuza.
Frelimo, which has ruled Mozambique since its independence from Portugal in 1975, will be helped along by a recent split in long-time opposition movement Renamo, which saw the breakaway Democratic Movement of Mozambique form in March.
Seventeen political parties and two coalitions are competing for the ballots from Mozambique's almost 10 million registered voters.
"It is important to vote because it is to decide the future of the country, to give my opinion about how I want the future of the country to be," said Vasco Munguambe, who had been waiting outside a Maputo station.
Early results from more than 12,000 polling stations are expected to trickle in after the closing of polling stations on Wednesday evening.
(PressTV) Mozambique people have gone to polls in elections for a new president, parliament and regional assemblies for the fourth time since the introduction of multi-party democracy in 1994.
The presidential, parliamentary and provincial elections are widely expected to be won by the ruling party Frelimo and incumbent President Armando Guebuza.
Frelimo, which has ruled Mozambique since its independence from Portugal in 1975, will be helped along by a recent split in long-time opposition movement Renamo, which saw the breakaway Democratic Movement of Mozambique form in March.
Seventeen political parties and two coalitions are competing for the ballots from Mozambique's almost 10 million registered voters.
"It is important to vote because it is to decide the future of the country, to give my opinion about how I want the future of the country to be," said Vasco Munguambe, who had been waiting outside a Maputo station.
Early results from more than 12,000 polling stations are expected to trickle in after the closing of polling stations on Wednesday evening.
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