José Gama was speaking during a virtual roundtable on the "Post-electoral Contest in Mozambique", organized by Friends of Angola, an international non-governmental organization focused on defending human rights, democracy, promoting transparency and good governance in Angola.
According to José Gama, when observing the situation in Mozambique, the Government is aware that "this will also happen in Angola".
"Because every Angolan will say tomorrow 'if the Mozambicans were able to face Frelimo, why can't we face the MPLA?' and they will go to the extreme", he said.
For the journalist, if the final results of the October 9 elections in Mozambique dictate the fall of the Frelimo regime in 2027, the year of the general elections in Angola, the MPLA "will automatically be threatened, in terms of its permanence in power and its integrity".
The session, moderated by the executive director of Friends of Angola, Florindo Chivucute, was also attended by Mozambican researcher Borges Nhamirre, who expressed concern about the situation journalists are experiencing in his country and the lack of statements from institutions, which has led to a feeling of impunity.
In the researcher's opinion, when a member of the presidential guard snatches a mobile phone from a journalist's hand, as happened in Mozambique, without consequences, this becomes "a paradise for the abuse of journalists' rights".
"The future is frightening for Mozambicans who work in this area, the environment is increasingly hostile to the profession", said Borges Nhamirre, a consultant at the Institute for Security Studies.
For Borges Nhamirre, if Mozambicans give up on what they have done so far, "democracy will collapse, it could burn and end".
"If Frelimo's 70 percent is confirmed, [the government] will be tougher, it will approve laws that will prohibit demonstrations like these, and eventually criminalize some political parties. Things that are happening in Angola now will happen, such as the law against vandalism and destruction of public property, which does not exist in Mozambique. The repression will be greater," he said.
Angolan journalist Geralda Embalo considered that the intimidating attitude towards journalists, especially since the demonstrations began, is aimed at silencing the media.
"This intimidation of journalists, this message that we will attack you if you are doing your job, is clearly conveyed to the journalists who are on the ground," she stressed.
Mozambique is going through a post-election crisis, with street demonstrations, which have already resulted in dozens of deaths, called by presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane.
Venâncio Mondlane disputes the award of victory to Daniel Chapo, a candidate supported by the Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo, in power), with 70.67 percent of the votes, according to the results announced on October 24 by the National Elections Commission (CNE) and which have yet to be validated by the Constitutional Council.
