Angolan MPs to discuss President’s impeachment

Luanda, Oct 12 (Prensa Latina) The head of Angola’s National Assembly Carolina Cerqueira called MPs of the Permanent Commission to a meeting so as to analyze a new proposal to impeach President João Lourenço.

October 12, 2023
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On Thursday, the parliamentary group of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), the second largest in the Legislative, formally submitted a proposal for the President to be impeached.

Ahead of this fact, and as an imperative matter of the Rules of Procedure, according to the call made by the head of the Parliament, the issue will be analyzed on Friday in the Permanent Commission.

The UNITA Parliamentary Group called the item on the agenda Information on the reception of the Proposal for the Impeachment of the President of the Republic.

Three months ago, legislators of the largest opposition party in the country announced that they would present such motion, alleging that over a year into his second term, Lourenço “subverted the democratic process” and “consolidated an authoritarian regime that threatens peace and citizens’ rights.”

According to statements to the press by the leader of the UNITA parliamentary group, Liberty Chiyaca, 90 MPs subscribed to the bill, which has 100 pages and over 200 articles.

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