Other ways to say marcelo, you are grasping at straws when you use the story i wrote to suggest that veronica macamo was suggesting a referendum. she was not. she held a rally, asked the people attending it whether they wanted "autonomous provinces", and they shouted back "no!". personally - and i know you won't like this - i am very pleased that frelimo is finally standing up and refusing to acept any more demands from renamo. finally, frelimo is recovering a bit of dignity. the real problem is that this has come far too late. for week after week, dhlakama went from rally to rally calling for his "republic of central and northern mozambique" and frelimo said nothing. now the party is taking a stand, for which it should be applauded. better late than never. as for nyusi - he never promised dhlakama "autonomous provinces", merely that the matter should be discussed in the assembly. this was a life jacket that dhlakama seized to avoid the embarassment of renamo deputies taking their seats without his authorisation.