A total of 149,222 young people have been enrolled in the Mandatory Military Service (SMO) since January in Mozambique, a slight increase when compared to the same period in 2022, with more than 148,000 enrolled , announced the Ministry of Defense. “After around four weeks of military census activities, which began on January 2nd, the Ministry of National Defense registered, throughout the national territory, 149,222 young men, corresponding to an execution of 67.48 percent of the planned target” it states in a preliminary assessment document to which Lusa had access today. Of the total number of registrants, 96,741 are men and 52,481 are women, in a process that began on January 2nd and ends on February 28th, with more than 221,141 young people expected to register. The provinces of Zambézia, Manica, in central Mozambique, and Maputo and Gaza, in the south, are those that registered the highest number of young people. The Ministry of Defense of Mozambique has 1,670 registration posts, of which 1,499 are fixed and 171 mobile. In December, the Mozambican President promulgated the legislative review that increases the minimum period of compulsory military service from two to five years, approved in parliament only with the favorable votes of the majority of the Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo, in power). The military census will take place across the country and in diplomatic and consular missions in the case of young Mozambicans residing abroad, in a process that covers all people under the age of 35. The exercise is carried out at the beginning of each year and does not automatically imply incorporation into the SMO, as this act is subject to aptitude tests and the number defined annually for entry into the Armed Defense Forces of Mozambique (FADM).(Lusa) Source : Carta de Moçambique
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