Processo de desarmamento, desmobilização e reintegração (DDR) em Moçambique: um enfoque na racionalidade da Renamo

Abstract

The process of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) of ex-combatants is a process implemented in countries where there have been wars. DDR appears as the best platform for putting an end to the war and better management of former combatants who were involved in war. It operates in the following aspects: political, military, and socioeconomic. Has as The objective is to support ex-combatants in matters relating to their social reintegration. Beyond of the parties previously in conflict, also involves the international community in the form mediator and financial partner. In Mozambique the processes are no exception to the rule, it occurred this way in the two DDRs, the first DDR, 1992-1994 and the second, 2019-2023. This research analyzes Renamo's Rationale in adhering to the second DDR. The analysis is based on the method qualitative, using unstandardized or unstructured interviews and bibliographical research. It was based on the theory of rational choice and hidden games. It concludes that Renamo's membership DDR was rational, insofar as his behavior maximized his preferences. The research also concluded that Renamo was involved in a hidden game, multiple arenas. Which makes the decision in the main arena seem suboptimal, given your implications, but when all the arenas in which Renamo was involved are analyzed, its decision is great. (Tradução nossa)