©Paulo Novais/EPA Author: Lusa Two opposition parties, UNITA and CASA-CE, have filed appeals in relation to the electoral process before the Constitutional Court (TC), none of them related to the annulment of elections, the institution reported this Friday. “The court received late yesterday afternoon [quinta-feira] two complaints, two requests that open the electoral dispute, one […]
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UNITA calls for annulment of Angolan elections in dispute with the Constitutional Court
© Ampe Rogério/EPA (file) Author: Lusa UNITA, the Angolan opposition, presented this Thursday an electoral lawsuit before the Constitutional Court (TC), asking for the annulment of the general elections of August 24, in which the MPLA was declared the winner, pointing out “several illegalities” in the process. . A source close to the leadership of […]
Angolan CNE without complaints about results and rejects objections to minutes
Plenary of the CNE rejected UNITA’s complaint © Ampe Rogerio/EPA Author: Lusa The Angolan National Electoral Commission (CNE) announced on Tuesday that it has not received complaints from political parties about the final results of the August 24 elections and flatly dismissed the complaints about the minutes presented by UNITA and CASA-CE. The information was […]
Gomes Cravinho highlights “institutional normality” of UNITA’s denunciation in Angola
João Gomes Cravinho, Minister of Foreign Affairs © Georgi Likovski/EPA Author: Lusa Foreign Minister João Gomes Cravinho said on Tuesday that the complaint filed by UNITA about the results of the elections in Angola is provided for in Angolan law, so the process is taking place “within institutional normality”. “The National Elections Commission published the […]
“There are a lot of discrepancies.” UNITA does not recognize electoral results and will confront votes
©Paulo Novais/EPA Author: Pedro Cruz and Rui Oliveira Costa The National Electoral Commission (CNE) of Angola announced on Monday the final results of the elections in the country, but UNITA does not recognize them. In statements to TSFthe spokesman for the opposition party, Alcino Kuvalela, explains that UNITA is finalizing the minutes it has prepared […]
Final results. MPLA wins elections in Angola with 51.17% of the votes
João Lourenço, MPLA candidate for the presidency of Angola © Paulo Novais/Lusa Author: TSF The final results of the elections in Angola give victory to the MPLA with 51.17% of the votes, announced this Monday Manuel Pereira da Silva, president of the National Electoral Commission (CNE). UNITA obtained 43.95% of the votes, which translates into […]
UNITA asks the Angolan CNE “to have the courage to assume its own results”
Leader of UNITA Adalberto Costa Junior © EPA Author: TSF UNITA admits resorting to international justice because it considers that the electoral results determined by the National Electoral Commission (CNE) do not agree with the count made by the party itself, based on the records of the 18 provinces of the country. Speaking to CNN […]
“Whatever the result, I hope that Angola can dedicate itself to development tasks”
Durao Barroso © André Rolo/Global Images (file) Author: TSF Former Prime Minister Durão Barroso considers that the last elections in Angola were a great moment for democracy. Without wanting to comment on the provisional results, which point to a victory for the MPLA, but with UNITA in dispute, Durão Barroso hopes that the differences will […]
Angolan CNE approves final result. MPLA wins more than half of the votes claimed
© Ampe Rogerio/EPA Author: Portugal/TSF The National Electoral Commission (CNE) of Angola approved the minutes of the final results of the elections in a meeting that took place this morning and in which it was found that the MPLA gathered more than half of the votes claimed. Speaking to Public Television of Angola, the CNE […]
Marcelo points out that the electoral process in Angola has not yet ended
© Antonio Pedro Santos/Lusa Author: Lusa The Portuguese president said this Saturday, in Luanda, that the Angolan electoral process is not yet concluded, refusing to comment on Wednesday’s elections, at a time when provisional data from the National Electoral Commission give an absolute majority to the ruling party. “I continue in my position, which is […]