Africa-Press – Angola. The Angolan Parliament, which began this Monday, the 21st, to discuss, in detail, the Electoral Legislative Package, has already rejected, in the proposal to Amend the Organic Law on General Elections, initiated by UNITA, its article 27, which concerns the distribution of the remaining mandates of the political parties or coalitions of political parties that have competed.
To “reject” this article, the MPLA appealed to recent rulings by the Constitutional Court (TC), which has already ruled on the distribution of mandates in bodies such as the National Electoral Commission (CNE), based on decisions that aim to guarantee proportional representation of political parties in the National Assembly and avoid “abusive” interpretations of the principles of representation.
According to the MPLA, the TC has emphasized the importance of applying criteria such as the D’Hondt Method for the distribution of mandates, ensuring proportionality and avoiding imbalances in representation.
Regarding the distribution of mandates in the CNE, the ruling party says that the TC has analyzed specific cases, such as Ruling 956/2025, which discussed the composition of the CNE after the 2022 general elections.
The MPLA also states that the TC considered that the composition of the CNE, by prioritizing the principle of the majority of deputies, could create an imbalance in the representation of the various political forces and compromise isonomy (the legal principle that establishes the equality of all before the law) between the parties.
According to the MPLA, the TC also highlighted the importance of following the mandate distribution criteria provided for in the Organic Law on General Elections, using the D’Hondt Method.
These decisions by the Constitutional Court, the MPLA explains, aim to guarantee legality and justice in the distribution of mandates, ensuring that collegiate bodies, such as the CNE, reflect the proportional representation of political parties and that internal party decisions are made in accordance with their statutes and current legislation.
Therefore, according to the vice-president of the MPLA Parliamentary Group, Virgílio Tyova, the ruling party does not agree with UNITA’s proposal.
UNITA deputy Anastácio Artur Ruben Sicato said that the distribution of the remaining mandates among the political parties or coalitions of political parties that have competed is a principle of electoral justice.
This Monday, 22nd, of the 138 articles of the Organic Law on General Elections, initiated by UNITA, the MPLA accepted article 7, which states that the electoral process is subject to verification by national observers and foreign electoral observation, under the terms of the Law.
Debates on this matter continue until the 25th of this month.
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