Africa-Press – Angola. The Presidential Decree on the convening of general elections takes effect from today, the same day that the deadline for submitting candidacies to the Constitutional Court also begins to run.
As of today, parties and coalitions of parties interested in running for the election must formalize their intention to run in the general elections on 24 August.
In order to present their candidacies, political parties or coalitions of political parties must submit a request in the form of an application to the Constitutional Court, together with the lists of candidates.
The list of candidates must contain the full name, the identity card number and, optionally, the voter card number of each candidate and be accompanied by documents such as the photocopy of the identity card and certificate of the criminal record of each candidate, as well as a declaration of individual or collective candidacy, signed by each candidate and certified by a notary.
In the declaration, candidates must expressly state that they are not covered by any ineligibility, do not appear on any other candidate list, accept the candidacy presented by the proposer, agree with the representative of the list and that they agree to be bound by the Electoral Code of Conduct .
Also according to Law No. 36/11, candidacies must designate, from among the registered voters, a representative to represent them in all operations of the electoral process, whose representation is permitted, under the terms of the law. The address of the authorized representative must also always be indicated in the application process for the purpose of notification.
Deadline for applications
Candidates for President of the Republic, Vice-President of the Republic and Members of the National Assembly are presented until the 20th day after the general elections are called, as established by the Organic Law on General Elections.
Having done the math, and taking into account that the count starts today, the 6th, applications must be submitted by the 25th of this month.
In the event of irregularities, procedural deficiencies or ineligible candidates, the Constitutional Court notifies the political party or coalition of competing political parties, at least four days in advance, so that the irregularities, deficiencies or candidates can be replaced. ineligible, until the 10th day following the deadline for submitting applications. Failure to address the irregularities determines the refusal of the candidacy.
In the absence of any challenge or rejection of candidacies, complaints or once those presented have been decided, the President of the Constitutional Court immediately sends the National Electoral Commission the list of accepted candidacies and the respective candidates.
So far, 13 parties are recognized by the Constitutional Court and these are the ones authorized to run. They are, namely, the MPLA, UNITA, PRS, FNLA, APN, P-Njango and the Angolan Humanist Party, in addition to the BD, PDP-ANA, PADDA-AP, PALMA, PPA and PNSA, which are part of the CASA-CE coalition, which in the last elections retained the status of the third largest political force in the National Assembly.
Meanwhile, among the six allied parties, the BD has already expressed interest in leaving CASA-CE, to embrace a platform led by UNITA, with which it intends to run in the general elections on 24 August.
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