Democratic Movement of Mozambique

Democratic Movement of Mozambique
Leader	Daviz Simango
Chairman	Luis Boavida
Founded	2009
Split from	RENAMO
Youth wing	Democratic Movement of Mozambique Youth League
Ideology	Democratic capitalism, Christian democracy[1]
Political position	Centre-right
International affiliation	Centrist Democrat International
Assembly of the Republic	17 / 250
Website
http://mdm.org.mz/
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The Democratic Movement of Mozambique (Portuguese: Movimento Democrático de Moçambique) is a political party in Mozambique. Founded on March 6, 2009, it is led by Daviz Simango, who is the mayor of Beira. It formed after breaking with RENAMO.^[2]

The general election, 2009

In the Mozambican parliamentary election held on 28 October 2009 the Mozambique Democratic Movement was not allowed to contest by the National Election Commission (Comissão Nacional de Eleições) in 9 of the 13 voting constituencies, allegedly on controversial procedural grounds.^[3] MDM secured 3.93% of the total vote and 8 seats in the 250 member Assembly of the Republic.^[4] Daviz Simango was the MDM candidate in the presidential election held on the same day.^[5] He was placed third with 8.59% of the total vote.^[4]

External links

• MDM official site

References

1. "Em Moçambique só há partidos de direita": uma entrevista com Michel Cahen. MACEDO, Victor Miguel Castillo de; MALOA, Joaquim - Revista do Programa de Pós‑Graduação em Sociologia da USP Archived December 11, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
2. Mozambique elections a test for struggling opposition AfP, 28 April 2009
3. "Mozambique political process bulletin - Unjustified confusion and poor planning" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-11-10.
4. "Mozambique News agency AIM Reports - Election Special". Retrieved 2009-11-14.
5. Bearak, Barry (October 30, 2009). "Mozambique is Reporting Big Victory for President". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-11-02.