Mozambique's Opposition Coalition May Collapse: Report

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Mozambique's Opposition Coalition May Collapse: Report

The alliance between Mozambique's former rebel movement Renamo and ten other small parties may be coming to an end, the Maputo daily Noticias reported Wednesday.

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The alliance between Mozambique's former rebel movement Renamo and ten other small parties may be coming to an end, the Maputo daily Noticias reported Wednesday.

Renamo formed the "Renamo-Electoral Union" coalition with thesesmall parties in 1999 to take part in the presidential elections.

Maximo Dias, leader of one of the coalition parties, the Mozambican Nationalist Movement (MONAMO), was quoted as saying that his party, and other coalition members, attended a recent meeting during which Renamo advised them that it intends to run onits own in future elections.

"The Renamo leaders guiding the meeting suggested that MONAMO, and other coalition parties, run separately in the 2003 local elections and the 2004 general elections", said Dias.

Dias also said he was thinking of forming a new opposition coalition, but that would all depend on whether Renamo does indeeddissolve the Electoral Union.

Meanwhile, MONAMO has pledged that it will fight on its own in two municipalities in 2003 - Cuamba and Monapo, both in the north of the country. MONAMO would present mayoral candidates in these two towns, and candidates for the municipal assemblies in other parts of the country.

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