Huambo – At least 114 trainers of polling station members began a training process this Monday, 25th, in Huambo province, on methodologies for organizing and coordinating elections.
The training process that is scheduled to end Friday, takes place with the focus on the preparations for the general elections on 24 August, aims to train the staff in subjects related to “Filling in the summarized written records”, “Handling the kits” and “Clearance of results”.
At the opening of the training session, the acting president of the Municipal Electoral Commission of Huambo, António do Amaral, urged the trainees to face the contents with responsibility, taking into account the sensitivity of the electoral process.
He called on polling station staff to look to the training programme with civility and moral integrity, in order to act in a transparent, patriotic and responsible way.
Huambo Province has roughly 1.103,828 voters.
This year's elections, which will have the participation of Angolans in the diaspora for the first time, are the fifth ones in Angola´s history.
Roughly 14.399 million voters are expected to cast ballots, including 22,560 abroad.
