00:00What does Venantio Mondelan's trial mean for Mozambique?
00:03The opposition politician is facing five charges linked to protests
00:08that erupted after the country's disputed 2024 presidential election.
00:13Mondelan was notified on August 25th that he will stand trial before Mozambique's Supreme Court.
00:18He is not under arrest and no trial date has been announced yet.
00:24Prosecutors accuse him of public advocacy of crime,
00:28incitement to collective disobedience, public instigation to a crime,
00:33instigation to terrorism and incitement to terrorism.
00:37Mondelan denies the allegations.
00:39The case comes nearly two years after the election,
00:43which official results declared Frelimo candidate Daniel Shapo the winner.
00:47Frelimo has ruled Mozambique for more than 50 years.
00:52Mondelan rejected the result, saying he had won.
00:55Civil society organizations in the country have also criticized the electoral process.
01:02Months of protests followed, with at least 300 people reportedly killed,
01:06according to human rights organizations.
01:09Now, the trial could affect Mondelan's political future.
01:13Charges could prevent him from running in the 2029 presidential election,
01:18even if he is not imprisoned.
01:20But the case is about more than one politician.
01:25Mondelan recently reported the death of another Anamola member in Inyambane,
01:29saying he was a witness in his Supreme Court case.
01:33Back in 2024, two other opposition figures were killed in an ambush in Maputo.
01:39Mondelan's legal advisor, Elvino Diaz,
01:42and Podemos representative, Paolo Kuanbe.
01:44The end of the day.
01:44The end of the day.
01:45The end of the day.
01:45The end of the day.
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