The Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, is likely to remove the requirement of a deposit of 100,000 meticais (about 3,500 US dollars) from candidates in presidential elections.The proposed change will be put forward by the parliamentary commission on public administration, which is drafting amended electoral laws.However, the commission has not recommended the removal of the other barriers to standing in presidential elections, which include the need to hold Mozambican nationality, to hold no other nationality, to be at least 35 years old, to have full civil and political rights, and to be nominated by at least 10,000 registered voters.According to the commission’s chairperson, Alfredo Gamito, “the commission decided to remove the financial deposit, although it has maintained the requirement of candidates to have the support of 10,000 signatures, despite some parties calling for the lowering of this requirement to 5,000 signatures”.Gamito also stated that the commission has decided that the new electoral legislation should be drawn up to include detailed explanations of electoral procedures. Previously, many procedural matters were left to the National Elections Commission (CNE) to decide upon.
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