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Frelimo's leaders are mainly from the south, and northerners suspect them of favouring their own region.
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Memories of the country's Marxist past have faded, and even Frelimo's trademark slogan "A Luta Continua!"
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At an election two years later, Renamo won 38% of the vote to Frelimo's 44%.
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First, when peace was arranged between Frelimo and Renamo in 1992, the shooting actually stopped.
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Renamo lost to the Frelimo government, but only just, and the result was accepted as fair.
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Although Mr Chissano now makes similar noises, some Mozambicans have not forgiven Frelimo for its past radicalism.
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Frelimo policy may have somersaulted in the past three decades, but the party's grip on power remains strong.
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What happens, ask Mozambicans, if Mr Chissano holds on to executive power but Frelimo loses control of the legislature?
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And although Frelimo's recent record has been good, many Mozambicans feel left behind.
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Second, when Frelimo renounced Marxism in the 1980s, the cadres really did stop collectivising and the government vigorously implemented reforms.
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Frelimo, once eager (in vain) to suppress indigenous religious beliefs, has started to encourage traditional healers to help in health-education campaigns.
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Last month Mohamed Bashir Suleman, a Frelimo party stalwart and one of the country's most prominent businessmen, was placed on America's official list of drug-traffickers.
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He is not eligible to stand again, but, given the weak and fragmented state of the opposition, whoever Frelimo chooses to succeed him is almost certain to win the next presidential election in 2014.
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