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# Mozambique 7 Dec: The government broke the law
- URL: https://www.zitamar.com/mozambique-7-dec-the-government-broke-the-law/
- Published: 2016-12-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2016-12-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Author: Zitamar Ltd
- Tags: Newsletter, #substack, #substack-type-newsletter, #substack-access-everyone, #Import 2023-04-06 20:43

Good afternoon. The long-awaited parliamentary inquiry into the secret debts that have dominated the news in Mozambique in 2016 is due to publish its report on Friday - but details have already been leaked through the media.

*Zitamar News* has now obtained a copy of the report, and will publish further revelations tomorrow. As we reported on Monday, via *MediaFAX*, the Frelimo-dominated commission said the government broke the law - but that it must be allowed discretion in how it chooses to govern the country. However, this is not the full story - and the commission’s conclusions do say that the guilty parties should be held responsible.

**SEE: [Inquiry absolves Mozambique government of wrongdoing over secret sovereign guarantees – report](http://zitamar.com/inquiry-absolves-mozambique-government-wrongdoing-secret-sovereign-guarantees-report/?ref=zitamar.com)**

The chief mediator in the Mozambique peace talks, Mario Raffaelli, is out of the country this week having travelled to vote in a referendum in his home country, Italy. In his absence, the Joint Commission has been making progress - but there was a fresh setback this morning with another, perhaps fatal, attack on a coal train in central Mozambique that bears all the hallmarks of Renamo action.

**SEE: [Coal train attacked in central Mozambique](http://zitamar.com/coal-train-attacked-central-mozambique/?ref=zitamar.com)**

If that suspicion is correct, the attack is a display of Renamo’s continued ability to conduct economic sabotage on a key export industry in Mozambique. Doing the same for offshore gas projects would be more complicated, however - with or without controversial offshore security company ProIndicus. Yesterday the government approved five technicalities to allow the projects led by Eni and Anadarko to move ahead.

**SEE: [Mozambique government approves five decrees to unblock stalled LNG projects](http://zitamar.com/mozambique-government-approves-five-decrees-unblock-stalled-lng-projects/?ref=zitamar.com)**

The Bank of Mozambique announced today that is welcoming an outside observer onto a new commission aimed at getting the best result for Moza Banco, which must be recapitalised either by its existing shareholders or by a new owner if it is to survive.

**SEE: [World Bank Group to advise Mozambique on Moza Banco rescue](http://zitamar.com/world-bank-group-advise-mozambique-moza-banco-rescue/?ref=zitamar.com)**

And finally, Maputo Port set a new record this month - one it hopes to break again soon thanks to ongoing dredging of the port’s entry channel.

**SEE: [Maputo Port sends out heaviest ship yet thanks to new dredging effort](http://zitamar.com/maputo-port-sends-heaviest-ship-yet-thanks-new-dredging-effort/?ref=zitamar.com)**

Have a great week.  

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