Mozambique political process bulletin Issue 45 – 1 February 2010 Editor: Joseph Hanlon ([email protected]) Deputy Editor: Adriano Nuvunga Material may be freely reprinted. Please cite the Bulletin. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Published by CIP and AWEPA CIP, Centro de Integridade Pública AWEPA, the European Parliamentarians with Africa Av. Amilcar Cabral 903, 1º (CP 3266) Maputo Rua Licenciado Coutinho 77 (CP 2648) Maputo Tel: +258 21 327 661, 82 301 639 Tel: +258 21 418 603, 21 418 608, 21 418 626 Fax: +258 21 327 661 e-mail: [email protected] Fax: +258 21 418 604 e-mail: [email protected] ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ New government in detail There are few changes in the government announced by President Armando Guebuza for his second term. Most of the 28 ministers remain in place. In this issue, we provide full lists and extended details on members of the government. The main change is the appointment of Aires Aly Parliamentary Affairs will be ministers for Social as Prime Minister, replacing Luisa Diogo. A close Affairs (former Veterans Minister Feliciano ally of the President, Aly had been Minister of Gundana) and Parliamentary, Municipal and Education and Culture, and before that governor of Provincial Assembly Affairs (Adelaide Amurane, a Niassa and then Inhambane. From 1976 to 1995 he former Deputy Minister of Labour under Chissano) held various posts in Education. The name of the Veterans Ministry is changed in The Ministry of Education and Culture is split in Portuguese, from Assuntos dos Antigos two. The new Education Minister is Zeferino Combatentes to simply Combatentes. Martins, who under President Joaquim Chissano There is a confusion about the spelling of the had been a Deputy Minister of Education, and most name of the new Prime Minister. Frelimo on its recently was Executive Director of the Commission website for the Political Commission uses Aly, but for the Reform of Professional Education (COREP). the President’s office in announcing the appointment Vice ministers are Arlindo Chilundo (director of the used Ali. Frelimo Central Party School in Matola), food scientist Leda Florinda Hugo, and Augusto Jone Luis. Guebuza targets The new Culture Minister is poet Armando Artur Joao. urban poverty Cadmiel Muthemba moves from the Ministry of Fisheries to replace Felicio Zacarias as Minister of Urban poverty will be the target of President Public Works and Housing. Armando Guebuza in his second term, after a first Iolanda Cintura, formerly National Director of term which concentrated on rural areas. He stressed Liquid Fuels in the Ministry of Energy, becomes this in his inaugural speech on 14 January, and in a Minister of Women’s Affairs and Social Welfare, 7 January posting on his blog: replacing Virgilia Matabele. http://www.armandoguebuza.blogspot.com Carmelita Namashalua is promoted to Minister He accepts that jobs are fundamental to beating of State Administration, replacing Lucas Chomera urban poverty, and argues that the public and formal who becomes deputy speaker of parliament. private sectors will not create enough jobs. He urges The two ministers in the presidency have been people in the informal sector to form associations of changed. In place of Diplomatic Affairs and people in similar businesses and use them to raise Mozambique Political Process Bulletin 45 – 1 February 2010 – 1 State Administration Centralised decentralisation Minister – Carmelita Rita Namashulua (was Vice- Minister) “We are launching a centralised mechanism to Vice-Minister – José Tsambe (formerly Frelimo drive a successful decentralisation for local First Secretary in Gaza) government, where the district serves as our Transport and Communications development pole.” Minister – Paulo Zucula (U) President Armando Guebuza, speaking at Agriculture the swearing in ceremony of the new Minister – Soares Bonhaza Nhaca (U) government, 18 January. Vice Minister – António Raul Limbau (was Sofala provincial director of agriculture) money to build better working facilities, to innovate, Education and to raise standards. Minister – Zeferino de Alexandre Martins (was He says that the vast majority of car workshops executive director of Commission to Reform are precarious and improvised. Some have Technical Education, COREP). functioned in this way for many years, and their Vice-Ministers – Arlindo Chilundo, Augusto Jone operators have no vision of growth or specialization. Luís and Leda Florinda Hugo By forming associations, they can train and grow Labour and construct proper workshops. Minister – Maria Helena Taípo (U) Each group, from barbers to electricians to the Minerals young men who guard cars should form Minister – Esperança Laurinda Francisco associations, the President argues. Nhiuane Bias (U) He notes that in towns and cities there is a Vice-Minister – Abdul Razak Noormahomed (U) growth of new workshops, such as carpentry and Energy block-making. But too often these are backyard Minister – Salvador Namburete (U) workshops, with poor working conditions and making Vice-Minister – Jaime Himede (U) poor quality products. There is more food Tourism processing, such as making fruit juices and cakes, Minister – Fernando Sumbana Júnior (U) and more bars and restaurants, but with no control Vice-Minister – Rosário Mualeia (U) of hygiene. Industry and Trade The need is to professionalise these services and Minister – António Fernando (U) production, raising standards and increasing Vice-Minister – Kenneth Viagem Marizane production, and especially creating space for Health innovation to create improved and new products. Minister – Paulo Ivo Albasini Teixeira Garrido (U) Environment Minister – Alcinda António de Abreu (U, PC) The new government Vice-Minister – Ana Paula Samo Gudo Chichava (U) (U = unchanged, PC = Frelimo Political Commission) Public Works and Housing Minister – Cadmiel Filiane Muthemba (was President of the Republic Fisheries Minister) Armando Emilio Guebuza (U, PC) Vice-Minister – Carvalho Muária (was governor of Prime Minister Zambézia) Aires Bonifácio Aly (Was Education Minister, PC) Science and Technology Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Minister – Venâncio Simão Massingue (U) Minister – Oldemiro Júlio Marques Balói (U) Civil Service Vice Ministers - Henrique Alberto Banze and Minister – Vitória Dias Diogo (U) José Eduardo Koloma (U) Vice-Minister – Abdurremane Lino de Almeida Defence (U) Minister – Filipe Jacinto Nyussi (U) Justice Vice Minister – Agostinho Monjane (U) Minister – Maria Benvinda Delfina Levy (U) Interior Vice-Minister – Alberto Hawa Januário Minister – José Condungua Pacheco (U, PC) Nkutumula (was a judge) Vice Minister – José de Jesus Mateus Pedro Fisheries Mandra (U) Minister – Victor Manuel Borges (was Vice- Finance Minister) Minister – Manuel Chang (U) Vice-Minister – Gabriel Serafim Muthisse (was Vice Minister – Pedro Conceição Couto (U) Vice-Minister of Public Works) Planning and Development Women and Social Action Minister – Aiuba Cuereneia (U, PC) Minister – Iolanda Maria Pedro Campos Cintura Vice Minister – Maria José Lucas (Was Vice Vice-Ministro – Virgílio Feliciano Mateus Minister for Civil Service) Mozambique Political Process Bulletin 45 – 1 February 2010 – 2 Frelimo Political Commission Parliament names The Frelimo Political Commission was elected at commissions the party congress in November 2006: Parliament (Assembleia da República) has named Armando Guebuza (President) its officials. Frelimo named Veronica Macamo as Filipe Paunde (Frelimo General Secretary) president (speaker). She takes over from Eduardo Alberto Chipande (former Defence Minister) Mulembue, who had been the parliamentary Manuel Tome president for the last 15 years. Macamo was first Eduardo Mulembwe (former speaker of deputy speaker of the Assembly in the last parliament) parliament. Both are members of the Frelimo Eneas Comiche (former Finance Minister) Political Commission. First vice president is Lucas Veronica Macamo (speaker of parliament) Chomera, former minister of state administration. Margarida Talapa (head of Frelimo parliamentary Second vice president is Viana Magalhaes of group) Renamo. Alcinda Abreu (Environment Minister) Head of Frelimo parliamentary group is Jose Pacheco (Interior Minister) Margarida Talapa, also a member of the Frelimo Luisa Diogo (former Prime Minister) Political Commission, and formerly deputy group Aiuba Cuereneia (Planning & Development leader. She replaces Manuel Tome. The new deputy Minister) head of the Frelimo group is former defence minister Conceita Sortane Tobias Dai. The rapporteur of the group is Alcido Raimundo Pachinuapa Nguenha, who was education minister from 2000 to Aires Aly (Prime Minister) 2004. The Frelimo spokesperson is Damiao Jose. Paulina Mateus (General Secretary of the OMM) Angelina Enoque will head the Renamo Teodoro Waty parliamentary group. Positions are allocated to parties in proportion to Culture their number of parliamentary seats. Frelimo has Minister – Armando Artur João 191 seats, Renamo 51, and MDM 8. Under present Veterans rules a party must have 11 seats to form a Minister – Mateus Óscar Kida parliamentary group (bench, bancada). MDM has Vice-Minister – Marcelino Liphola too few members to have a group, so it gains no Youth and Sport positions, but it has tabled a motion to change the Minister – Pedrito Fuleda Caetano rules. Vice-Minister – Carlos José Castro de Sousa (U) The standing