Africa-Press – Angola. The first candidacy for the August 24 general elections is presented on Wednesday, the director of the Political Parties Office of the Constitutional Court, Mauro Alexandre, told the press yesterday, who, however, did not reveal the name of the political formation to do it.
On the first day for the formalization of candidacies of political parties and coalitions of parties for the general elections of 24 August, the Constitutional Court did not acknowledge receipt of any request to that effect.
The fact noted report was confirmed by the director of the Political Parties Office of the Constitutional Court (TC), Mauro Alexandre, who, however, announced the reception of the first candidacy for tomorrow.
Speaking to the press, after a guided visit by journalists to the Data Processing Center, to learn about the steps that must be taken in the submission of candidacies, Mauro Alexandre said that a political formation recognized by the Constitutional Court requested, for tomorrow, Wednesday, the schedule for the presentation of his candidacy, but he preferred not to mention which it is.
The director of the Office of Political Parties recalled that, at the moment, the TC has legalized 13 political parties. Of these, he underlined, five are part of a coalition (CASA-CE). “If we want to be rigorous, in terms of the delivery of candidacies, we will, in principle, have eight political parties with this possibility”, he clarified.
For the formalization of the candidacies, he recalled, the parties must make, in advance, the scheduling, through the digital platform http:/agendamento.tc.ao which allows them to choose the day and time they wish.
Mauro Alexandre also added that political parties and coalitions of political parties have until the 25th of this month to formalize their candidacies. “We hope that political parties act in reciprocal relation to the conditions created and that they make use of this platform, in order to guarantee greater comfort for everyone. Because, at the end of the day, we are talking about a coordinated effort between the Constitutional Court and the formations policies, aiming at greater dignity in the entire process of receiving candidacies”, he exhorted.
Regarding the frequency for the submission of candidacies, he said that there are two fundamental aspects to remember. The first is the immediate 20 days, which began to be counted today (yesterday), right after the call for elections, whose presentation process runs until the 25th of this month”.
Then, he continued, follows the deadline for filling in irregularities or insufficiencies for those cases in which the candidacy of a particular competitor has not been admitted right from the beginning, due to some fault. In this, political formations will have the opportunity, within ten days, to supply them.
Reason for scheduling
The director of the Office of Political Parties of the Constitutional Court clarified that the scheduling for the presentation of candidacies results from the need to introduce some innovation and give dignity and comfort to political parties.
In previous elections, he recalled, the parties, as soon as the elections were called, proceeded to deliver the candidacies and, in some situations, some embarrassment was created, as more than one party appeared on the same day and time.
With the technological platform of prior scheduling, he said, political parties can choose the day and time they wish to carry out their respective candidacies.
In this sense and in order to improve the comfort of political formations, he said, the TC grants, exclusively, to each party
had, two or three hours to proceed with the presentation of the application and the Court can carry out the verification.
According to Mauro Alexandre, with the creation of the platform, the TC reflects its maturity in terms of organization and coordination of this phase of the electoral process.
PRA-JÁ installation commission canceled
The director of the Political Parties Office of the Constitutional Court clarified that the installation commission of “PRA-JA Servir Angola”, political project by Abel Chivukuvuko, had its accreditation canceled and, therefore, cannot act as if it was a political party.
When making a clarification, after being confronted about the non-legalization of that political project, Mauro Alexandre also mentioned that, under the right of appeal, “the entire chain of appeal has been exhausted”.
“As part of the process of verifying all the documentation delivered at the time by the coordinators of the commission (to the Constitutional Court), it was concluded that it did not meet all the assumptions”, he said.
Mauro Alexandre recalled that, at first, by an order from the then President of the Constitutional Court, the registration of the PRA-JA was rejected, as it did not fulfill all the legal requirements.
“At the time, the representatives of this installation commission, in the exercise of their right to appeal, appealed to the plenary of the Constitutional Court, which, in turn, decided, in the seat of the double degree of jurisdiction, to proceed, twice, to the re-examination of the process , having also concluded by the rejection, for not fulfilling all the legal presuppositions”, he recalled.
According to that person in charge of the TC, the legally defined rules were complied with, but he said that it is natural for one or another person to be dissatisfied. “The important thing is to realize that court decisions are binding,” he said.
As for the recent legalization of two more political parties, he said that the Constitutional Court had done it with the utmost rigor, verifying all the documentation, including the objectives that guided the creation of these parties, the analysis and reception of the program and the project and denomination of the statutes of those parties.
The fundamental requirement, which is the legal minimum number of signatures required for the registration of the political party (7,500), was also fulfilled by those political formations. “These installation commissions obtained the necessary number of signatures and, as a result, were found to be valid”, concluded the director of the Office of Political Parties.
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