The leadership of Mozambique’s ruling Frelimo Party has disowned the forcible collection of Frelimo membership fees from teachers and other staff at a primary school in the northern city of Nampula.The independent daily “O Pais” found that the management of the Murrupinua 2 Primary School was deducting Frelimo membership dues from the employees. Although the school director claimed this only affected Frelimo members, teachers who were not members of the party claimed that their wages too had been docked.Those who were Frelimo members were also annoyed because they said they had already paid via Frelimo branches in their residential areas. They were thus being forced to pay their membership fees twice.Interviewed in Thursday’s issue of “O Pais”, the Frelimo Central Committee Secretary for Mobilisation and Propaganda, Edson Macuacua, said that payment of membership dues is a voluntary act, and nobody should have such payments deducted from their wages against their will.He urged anyone who had been forced to pay to demand their money back from the local Frelimo organisation.“If anyone has suffered deductions from their wages against their will, then naturally this sum will have to be paid back to them”, said Macuacua.He said that the relevant Frelimo bodies are looking into this case to find out what happened, and will “take the necessary measures to clarify the matter”.
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