On the 9th of October, elections were held to elect the next president of Mozambique, with 250 members of the Assembly of the Republic and the members of the ten provincial assemblies. The ruling party, FRELIMO, led by Daniel Chapo, has increasingly been marked with concerns of authoritarianism and impunity aimed controversies around the 2023 local elections, which were held on the 11th of November to elect mayors and municipal council across Mozambique and the 2019 general election, which was held on the 15th of October, was declared the winner of the election, with Daniel Chapo being proclaimed presidential–elect.
This was later disputed by Venancio Mondlane, the leader of PODEMOS, claiming that Daniel Chapo had received 53% of the vote using data from their poll observers. The result was also questioned by the Episcopal Conference of Mozambique, the Episcopal Conference of the catholic church, and the European Union (EU) whilst deadly protests broke out due to the results of the elections, with at least 30 protesters having died.
The constitutional council has reported that its judges, six of whom were appointed by the FRELIMO party, have been the target of death threats, and has clarified that it can only announce the winners of the 7th general election and the provincial election on the 24th of December.