The presidential candidate
of Mozambique’s ruling Frelimo Party, former defence minister Filipe Nyusi,
declared on Wednesday that he is ready to continue implementing the dream,
mission and project of Frelimo, inspired by the four men who have led the party
– Eduardo Mondlane, Samora Machel, Joaquim Chissano and the current president,
Armando Guebuza. Speaking at the
opening session of a Frelimo National Cadres Meeting (which is an advisory
body), in the southern city of Matola, Nyusi said he is relying on the support
of all party cadres, since all are important in continuing and consolidating
gains and victories for the well-being of the people. Nyusi added that “cohesion and inclusion
begin when we accept that all of us can and should contribute without distrust
in the spirit of Unity-Criticism-Unity, and that the cadres of Frelimo, who
know their local realities, will at this meeting shape the cornerstones of the
project for governance over the next five years”. About 3,000 Frelimo cadres are attending this
meeting. It will analyse the 2009 general elections, and to what extent the
Frelimo manifesto for those elections has been implemented. It will also draw
up the general lines on which the manifesto for the presidential and
parliamentary elections of this year will be drafted, and will contribute to
the directives on how Frelimo parliamentary candidates should be selected.
“For our common project to be successful, we must have greater tolerance and
trust among party militants”, said Nyusi.
He announced that he has already begun a long march across the country in order
to listen to Frelimo members and supporter. This had begun in Nwajahane, the
birthplace in Gaza province of Frelimo’s founder and first president, Eduardo
Mondlane.He had moved on to Chilembene, where Samora Machel, the man who led
Frelimo to victory over Portuguese colonialism, and became the country’s first
president was born. There he had met with the Machel family and with the local
population.Courage and determination were characteristics of Chilembene, he
said, “and we consider it a source of human energy with which we intend to
comply with the mission of the Frelimo Party to defend our independence and
territorial integrity”.Nyusi had then visited Malehice, the home village of
Machel’s successor, Joaquim Chissano, where he had found “love for the
motherland and the people”. He next intends to visit Guebuza’s birthplace in
Murrupula district, in the northern province
of Nampula .“The march is long, but I
have faith and hope that, by carrying the message of truth, justice, continuity
and confidence in change, together we shall score successes”, he declared.
“Victory is certain because our cause is just”.
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