Observers Report

The chief election observer of the European Union in the country, Laura Ballarin, has announced that her team witnessed ballot stuffing in six provinces during last week's general elections. In one province, cited by local observers as the "worst" example of electoral fraud, poll workers were seen with piles of ballot papers ready to be filled out "for Frelimo and then fold them together". Voters cast ballots for a new president, provincial governors, and members of parliament in their general election on October 9 with reports of closed voting stations and blocked observers. Initial results indicated a voter boycott in many places, with a t…