The leader of Mozambique's opposition party Renamo, Afonso Dhlakama, on Friday accused the government of preventing him from contesting the October 15 elections. "I want to leave Gorongosa and start moving from one place to another in pre-campaign just like the other candidates, but the government keeps sending troops to besiege Gorongosa," Dhlakama said in a conference call with reporters based in Maputo. "I am a leader of a political party, although my candidacy for the fifth presidential and legislative poll has yet to be confirmed." Dhlakama has been confined in the mountainous central Gorongosa district since the army captured his military base in October. The government allowed him to register to vote in the elections. Dhlakama said he was waiting for President Armando Guebuza to help him break the deadlock in Renamo's ongoing talks with the government, which rejects the opposition party's demand for joint command of army and police. -- SPA 22:26 LOCAL TIME 19:26 GMT تغريد
