Dilemmas in the Decentralized Governance in Mozambique

Jochua Abrão Baloi

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Dilemmas in the Decentralized Governance in Mozambique

Jochua Abrão Baloi

Published in Journal of Public Policy and Administration (Volume 6, Issue 2)

Received: 30 May 2022 Accepted: 17 June 2022 Published: 27 June 2022

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This article comes about with the objective of analyzing the dilemmas that come out in the current configuration of power in Mozambique particularly in the decentralized governance. The main argument that guides this article is that in the Mozambican political scenario, there is a paradox in decentralized entities, because of geographical coincidence between the municipality and the district, and the spaces of governmental protection of each power are intertwined. However, this overlapping of powers at the local level, that is, the existence of local authorities, the provincial governor, the secretary of state in the province, in the places where there is a geographical coincidence between the municipality and the district forms a dilemma for the effective decentralized governance. The question that guides this research is: “What are the dilemmas arising from the decentralized governance package in Mozambique?” This article was developed from a qualitative approach, which privilege to the legal-multidisciplinary perspective, centered on the political history of Mozambique, observing the procedure of critical reflection from a political perspective of documents related to the process of decentralization in Mozambique. Therefore, it is possible to conclude that with the creation of the decentralized governance package in Mozambique, the central government intends to continue to control as it always did, the decentralized areas, by instituting the figure of the Secretary of State. This constitutes an adulteration or interference with the autonomy that decentralized areas enjoy by law.

Published in	Journal of Public Policy and Administration (Volume 6, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.jppa.20220602.15
Page(s)	94-99
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Decentralized Governance, Local Authorities, Mozambique, Democracy

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