Luanda - Angola has announced plans to launch a nationwide civic voter education campaign from Thursday (9), ahead of the 2022 general elections due on August 24.
The announcement was made by the spokesperson of the National Election Commission (CNE), Lucas Kilundo, on Monday in Luanda.
Kilundo was speaking at the end of the fifth extraordinary plenary session of the CNE, which discussed and approved the working instruments as part of the electoral civic education campaign in all phases of the process.
The CNE ‘s spokesperson added that among the instruments to be used stress goes to the practical guide for the electoral civic education agent, aimed to clarify doubts of the voters and provide information related to the electoral process, and a comic strip for mass dissemination and access to all citizens regardless of their age.
Kilungo said the CNE has structured the campaign to address, in the first phase, general aspects about elections, democracy, citizenship and the need to vote.
In the second phase, the campaign will focus on information about the location of polling stations, encouraging voters to locate places to vote, while the third phase will focus on communication regarding the right way to cast ballots.
He pointed out that the phases will be implemented gradually, as the schedule of tasks is developed.
At least 6,020 electoral civic education agents will be mobilised nationwide for the campaign that will count on the support of the mass media outlets, with emphasis on social networks and the National Electoral Commission's website www.cne.ao.
The general elections, the fifth of the kind in Angola is due on August 24, all over the country and abroad.
The elections were officially announced by the President of the Republic, João Lourenço, on June 3 under the terms of the Constitution and the electoral law in force.
