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Constitutional Court advises against multiple candidacies

Luanda – The Constitutional Court has appealed to political parties preparing to participate in the 2022 polls, set for August 24, to be ware of multiple candidacies, for such cases will be rejected.

The warning comes on a note issued by the court, which ANGOP checked on Monday, which also gives practical instructions on how political parties ought to present their respective candidacies for the upcoming polls.

Citing the Constitution and the Electoral Law, the Constitutional Court reminds that the political parties are limited to only one candidacy, and also underlines that no citizen must be part of more than one list of candidates.

The non observance of such precepts will imply the cancellation of the candidacies for President of the Republic, Vice President of the Republic, and the list of candidates for members of the National Assembly (Angolan parliament).

However, the court explains that the political parties or coalitions may include in their lists citizens that are not members or militants of their organisations, as long as their respective statutes allow.

The candidacies are to be submitted until the twentieth day after the calling of the elections, that is, counting from June 03, the day in which President João Lourenço announced the Poll Day following a Council of the Republic meeting.

According to the rules the candidates for President of the Republic and Vice President come first and second respectively on the list of candidates. In their processes the court must find documents and information like copy of the I.D, age, profession and home address.

Angolans are going to the ballot this year, for the fifth time since the first multi-party elections held in 1992.

Source: Angola Press News Agency