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1995, May |
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Opposition parties held an extra-parliamentary conference at Inhambane to voice their concerns about the new constitution and government. | 1 |
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1996, Feb |
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The government postponed municipal elections from October to the following year. The postponement was due to a dispute with opposition parties regarding the scope of the election and what constituted a municipality. | 2 |
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1997, May |
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The government signed an agreement with South Africa for the joint management of the agriculturally rich Lugenda valley. A wave of anti-government demonstrations spread in response to the limitations on municipal elections. Chissano was reelected the leader of FRELIMO at the first party congress since the introduction of multiparty democracy. | 3 |
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1999, Dec. 3 |
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Pres. Joaquim Chissano was reelected, and his Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) Party won a majority in the Parliament (133 of 250 seats). This was the second free election in Mozambique since its 16-year-long civil war ended in 1992. | 4 |
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