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The November 3, 1969 , at the height of armed struggle for liberation of Mozambique from colonial rule , led by the Liberation Front of Mozambique ( FRELIMO ) , Uria Simango , then vice - president of the same , wrote a famous text that was headlined " grim situation in FRELIMO . " Simango described exhaustively , mischievous contours in which that libertarian movement was involved. Was markedly ideological dispute ( the political system to be adopted after gaining independence , between socialism and capitalism ) , power (who would be part of the leadership of the movement , with the death of Eduardo Mondlane , the first president of FRELIMO ) and influence with the Central Committee of the movement ( in extremely divided and marked by sharp contradictions among its members height) . Indeed , according Simango , was at the time a deep sense of sectarianism , nepotism , regionalism and tribalism . There were people along the FRELIMO leadership that did not look the means to achieve their personal , material and political interests , even if that meant the instigation of intrigue , personal attacks , unfair trials and even murder . Simango also spoke, in that text, the tendency of a group in the leadership of FRELIMO , from the south of the country and from 1966 to assemble yourself and make decisions on behalf of the movement and impose them on other members through manipulations . Names as Joaquim Chissano , Marcelino dos Santos , Samora Machel and Armando Guebuza for him are cited as the main planners of this campaign , accusing them of fomenting internal divisions based on region of origin of the members of the Central Committee of FRELIMO then and being the architect movement control for your hands .

It was just an introduction . Let's go back to 2014 . It is an undisputed fact that the party who " inherited" the political legacy of the then FRELIMO (like liberation movement ) , today called Frelimo Party , is currently living one of the most critical periods in its history. In recent years, resulting from the erosion of its most vocal principles and ideals ( national unity , sovereignty of the people and the nation above individual interests , more specifically ) , this party has been living a crisis of disbelief , disorientation and collapse unprecedented . And it was with the rise of the party leadership by Armando Guebuza , one of the names that have Uria Simango point in the text referenced by me above. Now , about Guebuza I had written a text , in November last year and titled " Why do I think Guebuza is murdering Frelimo ? " Where summarily say that although he has played a key role in reinvigorating the party after the second general elections in the country ( conducted in 1999 and the FRELIMO almost lost at the polls ) , its governance was markedly disappointing at all levels . Reflections addition, beyond the general collapse of the guidelines of his election manifesto and governance or the capture of the state to safeguard their personal interests or collectivist associated with your party, have been high levels of discontent population , erosion of its popularity and legitimacy ( outside and inside the Frelimo ) and, in recent months , the electoral debacle of his party in the last municipal elections in major cities of the country .

Guebuza as maximum leader of Frelimo , has played all the cards at your disposal to swim against the tide and clean the stain that features aa ruthlessly administration ( Frelimo ) and its governance ( in the state ) . The campaigns of " deification " of his personality and alleged accomplishments began by all means of public and private media under his direct influence . The holding marches " solidarity" with him, ditto . In parallel , its maintenance in the power and influence of Frelimo circuits began in the last Congress of Frelimo , held in Cabo Delgado , where most of his closest supporters and acolytes became part of the various decision-making bodies and masses within party . This desideratum reached its culmination in the current period of succession in the party leadership , with the controversial appointment of 3 controversial pre - Frelimo candidates for the presidency , namely José Pacheco , Philip , and Alberto Nyussi Vaquina . Now also on these names I had written a text , in December last year , which he said succinctly that none of them possessed charisma, credibility and enough to be presidential candidates (one was disliked by his apparent arrogance , popularity, another was too invisible and last was clear stooge Guebuza to public opinion, respectively) . Such positioning has come to be corroborated by a large fringe of Mozambican citizens across the country and even in the Diaspora , reaching the summit with its defense until next party structures Frelimo and its various members and supporters .

Let us return to the " grim situation in Frelimo " . While historical contexts are clearly distinct , one factor seems to be common between the 1969 and the FRELIMO FRELIMO 2014 : the struggle for power and influence. An increasing number of members and sympathizers of the party not you fit in the current Frelimo , as their traditional principles and values ​​. The party clearly moved away from its historic mission of liberation of the people in every sense of the social and economic life , now living in the light of the glory of having achieved political independence of Mozambique , the " right to be their liberators deservedly rich " and platitudes emptied of tangible results in the bellies and the existential condition of the other . The arrogance of the ruling political elite and luxurious and exclusive use of the resources and opportunities that the country offers from them and its direct employees ( at the expense of other " forgotten " or " excluded " members ) has made further grow domestic discontent and willingness to break . First it was public opinion to rise up through social networks , independent media and some civil society organizations . Followed the " application of repudiation " by some

big party members against mandatory and exclusive statement of the famous three pre - candidates , without internal defense, competition from interested parties and trampling certain procedures customary in the circumstances gender . Today it is the public application of more members , as in the case of Luisa Diogo or Aires Ali , manifesto hit in the testicles of arrogance Paundes internal and its most vocal public defenders associated with the G- 40 . It is clearly a sign that Frelimo is indeed experiencing a leadership crisis and that " clairvoyant unanimity " was the most subtle confidence trick all these years of management and governance Guebuza . Indeed , and according to what we have seen in recent days in the Central Committee meeting of the party , who rules the Frelimo is / are not just that / those in power chair or undertake active policy . Graça Machel is one of those people and we have recently witnessed . There are many others in the " anonymity " and whose word can be crucial when making any decisions on the future consequences for the party .

PS1 : When writing this , I got some questions to myself and that I could not even answer : Frelimo repeat the example of his predecessor FRELIMO , and bring back all this gloom and doom ? And because these processes necessarily involve " bloodshed " before the light at the end of the tunnel appears ( as with Uria Simango and many other reactionaries before and just after independence ) , who is / will be sacrificed today ?

PS : I have been listening to the candidacy of Diogo has been receiving high levels of sympathy among the public ( particularly among disillusioned / disappointed with the current leadership of Frelimo and State, the undecided and not you fit in options of the Opposition parties ) . I'll post a short notice to navigation. Indeed , let us not forget that Frelimo is , above all , an institution . Guebuza was probably happy to get to be somewhat stronger than the party ( although nothing without him ) , but the case of Luisa Diogo may be quite different . Stronger institutions overlap with any personal qualities . Obama is an example , in the United States . The mere willingness of someone can not get around the steel walls of obscure collective interests . And further , be attentive to counterintelligence propagandist ... Just yesterday talking to a friend who told me that the indication of those first 3 contenders ( Pacheco , and Nyussi Vaquina ) was just to exorcise the demons both internal and external to the party to meddle after the " miracle worker " Diogo to appease the spirits and gather the flock again. Exactly as it does in those strokes of theater made ​​in the religious rituals of Brazilian evangelical churches full of people attracted problems for a given context , strung on dark and voted to intense noise where all talk about their dilemmas at the same time, in order to light up the lights , turn up the "savior " with words of comfort and a peace song in the background promising better days if they believe in it ... and invest in it . PAY ATTENTION .(E.K.Barroso)