Mozambique: Renamo leader sure party will retain opposition status.

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)

Afonso Dhlakama, leader of Renamo [Mozambique National Resistance], says his party is not worried about disputes engendered by some members of the Electoral Union.

Speaking in Beira, Afonso Dhlakama said in the event of other parties disintegrating, Renamo would be in a position to take part in the elections on its own. He said Renamo did not depend on other parties because most of them were in parliament at the expense of Mozambique's main opposition party. Dhlakama said he hoped smaller parties would agree to fulfil the main goals set by the Electoral Union, adding that he was not worried about the possibility of …