Mozambique Briefing. Forward to the 1990s. Draft theses for the FRELIMO Congress

26 Pages·1987·1.136 MB·English

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DRAFT THESES FOR THE FRELIMO CONGRESS

INTRODUCTION
The theses for the Fifth Congress of the Frelimo
Party form the theoretical basis from which the
Congress delegates will approve guidelines for
Mozambican political, economic and social
development for the next five
years.
The draft theses are the result of a lengthy peri
od of discussion among Party cadres that led up to
theSecond National Conference of the Party, held
from 19 to 24 July 1988. Under the Party statutes, a
Conference is consultative, and may be called by
the Central Committee to discuss urgent or im
portantmatters.
At the end of this meeting President Joaquim
Chissano declared: "During the conference we
used the thermometer of democratic dialogue to
measure the temperature of our country. Each one
of us now has abroader and more complete view
of the problems that our Party faces and that the
Mozambican revolution is passing through ".
A session of the Central Committee immediate
ly followed the Conference, from 26 to 29 July,
and analysed its conclusions. That meeting took
the decisions that led to the draft theses.
The theses, prepared by the Party's Political
Bureau, were unveiled ata national seminar of
Party cadres held from 2 to 5 November. That has
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been followed by seminars at provincial and dis
trict level.
But the theses arenot merely aninner-party do
cument. Like the theses for the Fourth Congress
in 1983, they are to be discussed throughoutMo
zambican societyby as many citizens as possible,
whether or not they are members of theFrelimo
Party
The process of studying and discussing the
theses is designed to lead to proposals to alter or
enrich them . Each Party branch (cell) or commit
tee must draw up a list of the suggestions and
proposals made during the discussions: these will
be sent to higher-level Party bodies that will draft
syntheses ofthe discussions.
The purpose of all thisisto enable the Party's
leading bodies to gain as full an understanding as
possible of the concerns of the Party's members
and ofthe people as a whole, and of theirfeelings
as to the correct strategy and tactics that the Freli
mo Party should follow for the defence and
development of the country.
Conclusions from this debate will be used in
the drafting of the documents to be put before the
Congress, to be held from 24 to 31 July 1989.
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