Eleições autárquicas intercalares de 2011 em Quelimane: o significado da vitória de Manuel de Araújo

Abstract

The objective of this work is to understand the explanatory factors for the victory of Manuel de Araújo, MDM candidate in the mid-term municipal elections held on the 7th of December 2011. With the results achieved, he dares to say that Manuel de Araújo's victory was determined by a series of factors. On the one hand, there are the factors related to the MDM and its candidate; of these we can highlight the following: the ethnic origin of Manuel de Araújo, the image of Manuel de Araújo for the residents of this municipality, the humble and pragmatic way in which the Manuel de Araújo campaign took place and the influence of Daviz Simango. On the other hand, we find the factors related to Frelimo and its candidate; of these we can highlight the following: campaign errors, such as: (i) the sending to the city of Quelimane of senior executives from the south of the country to campaign, (ii) the fact that they did not accept to be part of some forums in the which together with the MDM could expose their platforms, such as the example of the radio debate organized by a local broadcaster, (iii) the choice of a candidate from a non-minority ethnic group in the city of Quelimane, (iv) the fact that Abubacar Bico emerged from very close internal elections; and that is why the idea of ​​not being the consensus candidate within the party remained, and (v) the production by Frelimo of negative advertisements about the person of the opposition candidate. Another factor explaining the victory of Manuel de Araújo related to Frelimo is the factor of bad governance of his former mayor.(TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)