Mozambique: Renamo bans television from filming election campaigns
On November 6 2004, local officials of Mozambique's former rebel movement Resistencia Nacional de Mozambique (Renamo), banned a film crew of the public television, TVM, from filming the Renamo election campaign in two northern towns, Mozambique Island and Nacala, despite the movement’s consistent complaints that TVM does not give it sufficient coverage. Both towns are regarded as Renamo strongholds.
Mozambique Alert
November 12, 2004
Renamo bans television from filming election campaigns
On November 6 2004, local officials of Mozambique's former rebel movement Resistencia Nacional de Mozambique (Renamo), banned a film crew of the public television, TVM, from filming the Renamo election campaign in two northern towns, Mozambique Island and Nacala, despite the movement’s consistent complaints that TVM does not give it sufficient coverage. Both towns are regarded as Renamo strongholds.
TVM however reported that when its crew arrived on Mozambique Island, Renamo officials obstructed it from filming its members because it had not sent “advance notice that the cameras were coming”.
In Nacala the Renamo officials told the TVM crew not to film because there were too few people involved in campaigning activities that day. It also prevented the film crew from filming outside its office.
In contrast, in what are purportedly rock-solid Renamo constituencies, TVM obtained footage of festive campaigning by members of the ruling Frente da Libertaçao de Moçambique (Frelimo) Party and of the Party for Peace, Democracy and Development (PDD) which is essentially a breakaway from Renamo.
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