by Nurat Uthman
The ruling party in Mozambique, Frelimo, has announced Daniel Franciso Chapo, a member of its Central Committee, as the party’s candidate in the presidential election in October, state media reported on Monday.
Chapo won 94.1 percent of the votes cast by members of the Frelimo Central Committee of Frelimo at its extraordinary session Sunday night, Radio Mozambique reported.
President Filipe Nyusi, the Frelimo party chief, chaired three extraordinary sessions of the Central Committee to decide on the candidate, the report said.
“Daniel Chapo is the face of our party for the Oct. 9 elections. We will carry him,” Nyusi said.
Born in Sofala province in 1977, Chapo has a master’s degree in development management from the Catholic University of Mozambique. In March 2016, he was appointed governor of the province of Inhambane.
Chapo is Frelimo’s first presidential candidate born after the country’s independence in 1975.
