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September 8th, 2015 
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Christof Lehmann (nsnbc) : Renamo leader Alfonso Dhlakama announced that his party would respond to the breakdown of talks with the Frelimo government was to build a parallel police and military forces. Talks between Renamo and the government ended last month after Dhlakama withdrew from the talks and an invitation to direct talks with President Felipe Nyusi.
On Monday, September 7, Renamo leader Alfonso Dhlakama announced that Renamo soon would launch the creation of police and military forces to ensure security in “autonomous provinces”.
The announcement came one year after the signing of an agreement on the cessation of hostilities on September 5, 2014.
In 2012 Dhlakama and Renamo recalled officers of Renamo’s armed wing and began recruiting new insurgents. The rebuilding of Renamo’s armed forces coincided with surveys that put Mozambique on a path to becoming the world’s 2nd-largest exporter of liquefied natural gas by 2020.
Dhlakama justified the recent announcement to build parallel police and armed forces, alleging that Frelimo had rejected to integrate Renamo fighters into the country’s armed forces.
Part of the 1992 peace accord that ended the civil war was that Renamo and Frelimo both could contribute 15,000 troops to the national defense forces. Renamo never used its quota but later accused Frelimo having oppressed Renamo’s access to military posts.
The Frelimo government, for its part, has continuously encouraged Renamo fighters to join the armed forces.
Designating leading military posts according to party membership would, however, both be unconstitutional and create utter chaos in a country with more than 35 political parties and party lists.
The Frelimo government has also, repeatedly, noted that the constitution only allows one military force in the country.
After suffering a devastating loss during the 2014 regional, parliamentary and presidential elections, Renamo changed strategy and demanded a transitional national unity government. This too would be unconstitutional and disenfranchise the Mozambican electorate. In a statement on September 7, 2015, Dhlakama announced:
“Within weeks we will form our Police of the Republic of Mozambique” said Afonso Dhlakama in a rally in Milange, Zambezia (central province), explaining that “we wanted to put our men in the police, but because the police belongs to Frelimo and Frelimo does not want us in, we are going to create a police (ourselves)”.
Dhlakama also argued that the measure was a response to the governing Frelimo to implement the 1992 accord that was signed in Rome and ended 16 years of civil war in Mozambique in 1993. More specifically, Dhlakama reiterated the governing Frelimo’s “failure to integrate Renamo fighters into the Mozambican military”.
A growing number of Renamo militants and officers are, however, joining the regular military forces. The Frelimo government also offers former Renamo militants who would prefer a civilian life support with the integration into Mozambican civil society.
Dhlakama added that a second military headquarters would be established in Milange, located some 216 km from Morrumbala in the Zambezia province. About one week earlier, Renamo opened a military headquarter in Morrumbala, announcing that it would be used to train “police agents”.
The establishment of a parallel police force or military force violated the Mozambican constitution. Dhlakama would note that the new military barracks were not meant to attack Frelimo, not to make war against Frelimo,” but to defend the people from the marginalization by government forces complying with the orders of the ruling party .
Renamo has repeatedly threatened that it would take power by force after Renamo failed to accept the results of the 2014 general elections. Renamo is calling for the creation of a parallel state in form of provincial authorities across the country and for the immediate seizing of power in six areas where Renamo claimed an election victory, if necessary by force.
CH/L – nsnbc 08.09.2015
Source Article from http://nsnbc.me/2015/09/08/mozambique-renamo-attempts-building-a-parallel-state/
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