Luanda - The leader of the Broad Convergence for the Salvation of Angola - Electoral Coalition (CASA-CE), Manuel Fernandes, Tuesday reiterated his desire to continue the fight against corruption, if he is elected President of the Republic in the general elections on 24 August.
The intention was expressed by the head of the coalition´s candidacy list in his its five minutes of airtime on the Angolan Public Television (TPA) as part of the election campaign that began on 24 July.
For the politician, the fight against corruption would necessarily involve the urgent creation of the high authority against corruption, equipped with investigation mechanisms and instruments, equidistant from the established powers, and capable of acting against both active and passive players in corruption cases.
“Corruption is the second evil we have, after the war the country has experienced”, he argued.
Placed in position 5 of the ballot, CASA-CE is a political party integrated by the Angolan Majority Free Alliance Party (PALMA), Support Party for Democracy and Development of Angola – Patriotic Alliance (PADDA-AP), The Angolan Pacific Party (PPA), the National Salvation Party of Angola (PNSA) and the Democratic Party for the Progress of the Angolan National Alliance (PDP-ANA).
In its first participation in general elections, CASA-CE, created on 3 April 2012, elected eight deputies to the National Assembly (Angolan parliament), while in 2017 it obtained 16 deputies, corresponding to 9.45 percent of the valid votes.
For the 24 August elections, roughly 14.3 million voters are registered to vote, of which 22.560 are resident abroad. The overseas vote will take place in 25 cities in 12 countries.
