Good afternoon. Who runs Mozambique’s provinces, governors or secretaries of state? Since elected provincial governors were introduced in 2019, both of them have in theory had supreme executive power over provincial government, an unnecessary duplication that wastes resources and risks causing confusion and disputes between the two.
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President Daniel Chapo’s government has indicated that it intends to reduce the responsibilities of secretaries of state, who are appointed by central government, to essentially an oversight role. This would mean they needed fewer officials working for them and a smaller budget. But, nine months into the new government, there is still no sign of any such proposals. It is true that formally changing the respective responsibilities of governors and secretaries of state would mean altering the Mozambican constitution, which would take some time. But there is nothing to stop Chapo publishing guidelines in the meantime.
