' The opposition independent presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane and his associated party Partido Otimista pelo Desinvolvimento de Moçambique (Podemos) contest the Comissão Nacional de Eleições (CNE) declaration of a landslide win for Frelimo and its candidate Daniel Chapo (AC Vol 65 No 21 Wild card Mondlane tests ruling party's election tactics Mondlane's vote surge overturns the status quo Evidence of vote stealing mounts & Vol 65 No 22 Profile: Mondlane takes opposition personally) citing massive rigging and forged tabulation sheets...

Frelimo hardliners still insist their presidential candidate Daniel Chapo won a landslide in the 9 October elections – contrary to the line of almost all opposition parties...

' Barely a word has been heard from Frelimo presidential candidate Daniel Chapo except his plaintive calls to the electorate of ‘let's get to work' which people have ignored...

CNE said Frelimo's candidate Daniel Chapo won by over 70% with Mondlane at just over 20%...

Frelimo's main statement comes from presidential candidate Daniel Chapo also a lawyer who has condemned the murders and calls for an ‘impartial independent and rigorous' investigation by the authorities...

By contrast Frelimo candidate Daniel Chapo's live stream had barely 300 views...

Regardless of how the competing claims of victory between Mondlane and Frelimo's Daniel Chapo are resolved PODEMOS has emerged as the strongest opposition grouping with a parliamentary caucus to match (AC Vol 65 No 21 Wild card Mondlane tests ruling party's election tactics)...

Frelimo's candidate Daniel Chapo is former Governor of Inhambane province...

After the surprise selection of Governor of Inhambane province Daniel Chapo as the ruling Frente de Libertacao de Mocambique's presidential candidate for October's general election debate continues as to who has prevailed in its internal power struggle (AC Vol 65 No 10 The prize goes to Chapo)...