Africa-Press – Angola. Deputy Francisco Gentil Viana asked the president of the National Assembly to disassociate himself from the UNITA parliamentary group, to become an independent deputy.
In the letter sent to the leader of the Angolan parliament, Carolina Cerqueira, the deputy claims to have difficulties in developing his political activity in the National Assembly as an independent deputy (for the United Patriotic Front FPU) in the UNITA parliamentary group.
“It turns out that, as an independent entity, I have some difficulty in making our civil society strategy understood because every time I speak they understand me as a UNITA deputy and I am unable to follow up on work that should not be done in the name of UNITA” , he expressed.
The deputy said he disagreed with the proposed model for local elections recently presented by the UNITA parliamentary group.
Francisco Viana, who says he is committed to political alternation, observed “that it is time to speak louder and more appropriately and cannot, for this purpose, subordinate himself to party strategies”.
He expressed, however, a desire to continue in the United Patriotic Front, which he considered a mature coalition.
The UNITA parliamentary group meets today to, among others, analyze the issue surrounding deputy Francisco Viana and take a position.
In this regard, a source from the UNITA parliamentary group considered the arguments presented by deputy Francisco Viana regarding the Proposal for a model of local elections presented by the largest opposition party to be unfounded.
The UNITA source accuses deputy Francisco Viana of allegedly “compromising his business with politics”.
Son of a historic co-founder of the MPLA, deputy Francisco Gentil Viana was presented as a competitor on the lists of candidates for UNITA deputies in the 2022 elections, within the framework of the FPU coalition.
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