Mozambique's top election official will not seek another term after
being photographed wearing a campaign tee-shirt from the ruling party, state
media reported Friday. "I decided to withdraw my candidacy for the sake of
the electoral bodies and the credibility of elections to come," Leopoldo
da Costa told Radio Moçambique. Da Costa has served as head of the National Election Commission since
2008 and had been nominated for another term. But he has faced public outrage
since pictures of him sporting a Frelimo tee-shirt and cap surfaced in a local
newspaper in April. Mozambique is preparing to hold municipal elections in
November and parliamentary and presidential polls in 2014. Five seats on its
13-seat electoral commission are reserved for the ruling Frelimo party, three
for opposition parties, three for civil society and two for the judiciary. Critics accuse the ruling party of politicising the civil service.
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