August 13, 2014 — Parliament in Mozambique has approved a law which grants amnesty to opposition party Renamo's leader, Afonso Dhlakama, and effectively allows him to leave his bush hideaway
The amnesty is part of a peace deal between Renamo and the ruling party, Frelimo, who having been in a civil conflict from 1975 until 1992.
This means that Dhlakama will not be arrested for the attacks carried out by his followers over the last year. The law also applies to his followers.
The violence raised fears over stability in the southern African nation which is developing major coal and offshore gas deposits.
Dhlakama, whose former rebel movement has been repeatedly defeated by Frelimo in Mozambique elections since the end of the war, has lived in a bush base in central Sofala province for more than a year to escape what he says is government persecution.
He is now expected to travel to the capital Maputo to sign a formal peace accord with Guebuza ahead of the Oct. 15 election, in which he has registered as Renamo’s presidential candidate.
Mozambique’s constitution prevents running president, Armando Guebuza, from running for a third term.
Source: Reuters
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