Africa-Press – Angola. The National Assembly (AN) will consider and vote, on May 25, in general, the Draft Law on Freedom of Assembly and Demonstration, a legislative initiative of the UNITA parliamentary group.
According to the reasoning, the bill aims to respond to an imperative of democracy and to allow a truly effective implementation of the rule “Freedom of Assembly and Demonstration of Article 47 of the Constitution”.
It also refers that the approval of the law in question will in fact consolidate the constitutional transition to the democratic regime initiated in 1991 and will create practical and effective mechanisms for the effective exercise of fundamental rights and for the consequent implementation of the Constitution and affirmation of the Democratic state.
According to the proponent, the law that currently regulates the exercise of the right to assemble and demonstrate, approved on May 11, 1991, “is partially unconstitutionally supervening, due to the fact that its designation does not correspond to the designation given by the Law Mother”.
It justifies, on the other hand, that with the approval of the 2010 Constitution, “it is imperative that authorization from any authority is not necessary for the exercise of those freedoms and, consequently, the use of the word authorization cannot be used either in law or in correspondence between authorities and citizens, based on legal command”.
For the proponent, the approval of the law will allow the establishment, in the Angolan legal order, of objective criteria for the exercise of freedom of assembly and demonstration by citizens, “without the constraints that the current law imposes on the exercise of these freedoms (… )”.
The aforementioned draft law was considered and voted this Monday, in Luanda, by the specialized committees of the National Assembly.
Likewise, the specialized committees of the National Assembly, on the basis of the matter, generally considered the Draft Law on the Statute of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs).
The follow-up of the activities carried out by NGOs after registration will be ensured by a State Administration Entity to be determined by the President of the Republic as Holder of Executive Power.
It will be incumbent upon this State administration entity to monitor and supervise the activities of NGOs in accordance with their activity programs and to ensure, among other things, that they cannot be used by terrorist organizations that impersonate legitimate entities.
Taking into account the local initiatives of the beneficiary communities and the social and economic policy defined by the Executive, the actions of NGOs may focus, among others, on humanitarian and social assistance, health, education, nutrition and food and environmental security, demining, protection and promotion of ethics, peace, citizenship, human rights, democracy and other universal values.
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