“The objective of this study is to find answers to a number of questions regarding parliament in Mozambique, namely:
• What are the roles, functions and importance of parliament?
• How important is parliament to Mozambique’s democracy?
• What is the capacity available to and utilised by parliament?
• What type of committee system does the Mozambican parliament operate and what role does it play?
• What is the nature of the relationship between parliament and the public?
• What structures and channels are used by parliament to disseminate information about its activities to the public? What are the strengths and weaknesses of these?
• How does civil society engage with parliament?
• Which civil society organisations (CSOs) are actively involved with parliament?
• What are the weaknesses or strengths of parliament’s existing engagement with civil society?
• What are the roles and functions of opposition parties, their strengths and
weaknesses?”
