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- Title
The Democratic Transition and Peacekeeping in Mozambique between 1992 and 2004.
- Authors
GUJAMO, Rufino Carlos
- Abstract
After sixteen years of civil war the Mozambican government led by the Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO)and the Mozambican National Resistance (RENAMO)have signed the General Peace Agreement (GPA) in Rome, Italy, on 4thOctober 1992. The agreement that ended the war resulted from a negotiation process initiated following the hurting stalemate situation between the two conflicting parties. Such hurting stalemate was a signal of conflict ripeness. The mutual concessions that characterized the peace agreement negotiations have strengthened the cooperation between FRELIMO's government and RENAMO. Such cooperation reinforced the perception between the two sides about their interdependency. This situation and the significant support from the international community led by the United Nations contributed to generate optimism between the two conflicting parties regarding the results of the peace agreement implementation. Such optimism contributed to generate the motivation between FRELIMO's government and RENAMO regarding their active commitment to the democratisation process and peace maintenance in Mozambique, from 1992 to1994. Within the context of a dual transition from one party system to multiparty democracy as well as from war to peace, the electoral results during the general elections in 1994 and 1999 as well as the results of the local elections in 1998 and 2003 have strengthened FRELIMO's government and RENAMO's optimism regarding the results of their commitment and support to peace and democracy in Mozambique. Therefore, for FRELIMO and RENAMO the access to political power through democratic elections became more attractive and less expensive than the resort to the use of force or violence as a mechanism to reach political power. In this context, the two sides felt much more motivated to support democracy and peace maintenance in Mozambique from 1992 to 2004.
- Subjects
FRELIMO; RENAMO (Organization); DEMOCRATIZATION
- Publication
E-Journal of Portuguese History, 2019, Vol 17, Issue 2, p385
- ISSN
1645-6432
- Publication type
Abstract