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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>A former president of Mozambique, Joaquim Chissano, who has been acting as an official observer of Angola\u2019s general elections, which were held on Wednesday, said on Thursday that he was satisfied with the electoral process that he had witnessed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am satisfied with what I saw, and so far I have not heard any noise,\u201d he said. \u201cThe opposition has criticised the electoral process. The discussions there are normal, each one defends his or her point of view [but] everyone agreed to participate \u2026 and the partial results are coming out now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chissano, who was invited by Angola\u2019s president, Jo\u00e3o Louren\u00e7o, who is running for a second term as top candidate for the governing MPLA party, to observe the elections, said that he had witnessed a \u201cvery peaceful process\u201d on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was able to watch the counting in an assembly with eight tables and at all the tables the delegates and the CNE [National Electoral Commission] officials were doing their work expertly,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen there were doubts in marking the ballot papers, sometimes there could be a contrary opinion, but that is normal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chissano earlier this month also acted as an observer in Nairobi, in Kenya\u2019s elections. There, he recalled, the authorities \u201chad abolished the posting of the minutes\u201d with the results from each polling station and \u201cthat caused a bit of a fuss\u201d and was criticised by observers.<\/p>\n

In Angola, the summary minutes, signed by delegates from all parties at each polling station, have been published and the data is now being counted by the CNE.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am satisfied,\u201d Chissano said, while acknowledging that in Kenya biometric registration of voters allowed for better validation of, so minimising the risk of fraud.<\/p>\n

In Angola, there is no biometric registration and there were cases of voters voting with expired documents, but Chissano played down this difference.<\/p>\n

\u201cCountries cannot be obliged to know all the technologies,\u201d he said. \u201cWhat is needed is to comply with the method agreed with the opposition and this is being done here.\u201d<\/p>\n

The CNE on Thursday announced that the MPLA was in the lead, with 52.08% of the vote, followed by the main opposition party, UNITA, with 42.98%, at a time when 86.41% of the votes had been counted.<\/p>\n

In Luanda, with 77.12% of the votes counted, UNITA was leading with 62.93% against the MPLA\u2019s 33.06%, according to the CNE.<\/p>\n

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