Angola’s opposition parties reject provisional election results
Luanda — Angola’s two biggest opposition parties rejected provisional results from an August 23 election that gave the ruling MPLA a majority of votes. The country’s second-biggest opposition party, the Broad Consensus for Angola Salvation — Electoral Coalition, known as Casa-Ce, said in an e-mailed statement that the vote count lacked transparency and wasn’t based on reliable information. Its refusal to accept the outcome came after the biggest opposition party, Unita, said on August 26 that it didn’t consider the provisional results valid. The ruling MPLA won 61% of the ballots counted last week, paving the way for its candidate João Lourenço to become president, according to the electoral commission. The commission said Unita obtained 27% of the vote, while Casa-Ce got 9.5%. Seven members of the electoral commission that were appointed by opposition parties distanced themselves from the provisional results because they haven’t seen the voting minutes sent from polling stations, U...
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