By A Correspondent

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has hurried to congratulate Daniel Chapo, the presidential candidate of the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (Frelimo), in the midst of unrest in that nation over the contested preliminary results.

By Friday, the results of the provincial, legislative, and presidential elections will be known.

However, early results indicate that the ruling Frelimo party and its candidate, Chapo, won a contentious landslide.

The European Union Election Observation Mission Mozambique (EU EOM) emphasised anomalies in the way the polls were conducted in a preliminary statement.

Unauthorised changes to election results at the polling station and district levels, as well as anomalies during the vote count, were noted by the EU EOM.

Venâncio Mondlane, the head of the main opposition, has since denied the findings.

Mondlane urged his followers to demonstrate on Monday in response to claims of fraud in the October 9 parliamentary and presidential elections.

The protesters were violently attacked by the police in that nation.

“Comrades, I congratulate our sister revolutionary party, Frelimo, and the President-Elect, His Excellency, Cde Daniel Chapo, as well as the people of Mozambique on their resounding victory during the recently held elections,” Mnangagwa said yesterday while speaking to the politburo meeting of Zanu PF.

“Zanu PF stands ready to cement the long-existing revolutionary unity between our two parties and countries.”

Reports have revealed that a significant number of Zimbabweans voted in that country’s polls in favour of Frelimo.

The Southern African Development Community (Sadc) observed only voting and results counting covering just 1% of the country’s 25 000 polling stations.

Mnangagwa recently took over the chairmanship of Sadc.