Mozambique swore in its new parliament on Monday with the streets of the capital deserted after the opposition leader called a strike to protest the result of highly disputed elections. But the opposition leader claims he won 53 percent and that Mozambique's election institutions manipulated the results.

Mozambique is set to swear in its new parliament on Monday, following months of deadly protests over an election in October that the opposition said was rigged.

Mozambique’s two established opposition parties, Renamo and the Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM), have announced that they are boycotting Monday’s opening session of the newly elected parliament,

Legislators from Mozambique’s ruling Frelimo and those of the Optimistic People for the Development of Mozambique (Podemos), the party that backed opposition leader Venancio Mondlane in the last elections, turned up at Parliament for the swearing-in ceremony on Monday, amid a boycott by other opposition parties.

It seems the post election violence in Mozambique is far from over. Opposition leader Venancio Mondlane has called on his supporters to take to the streets again. Mondlane says Frelimo's decision to exclude him from negotiations is a declaration of war.