Luanda - UNITA party said Monday that within the legal deadlines it will file a complaint with suspensive effects regarding the publication of the Definitive Results of the general elections presented by the National Electoral Commission (CNE).
In a statement released after the confirmation of the results, the party said it did not recognise the results announced by the CNE until the complaints in its possession are decided.
In the document, it said it had learned of the definitive results of the general elections of 24 August through the Public Media.
“It is in the interest of all Angolans that the CNE does not evade comparison of the summary minutes in the possession of the political parties, resulting from the will of the population expressed at the ballot boxes, which represents the electoral truth”, says the statement.
According to the definitive results, MPLA won with 51.17% of the votes, thus confirming the re-election of its presidential candidate, João Lourenço.
The ruling party won 3.209,429 votes, thus gaining 124 parliamentary seats
The final data made public by the CNE give UNITA 43.95% (2.756.786 votes, winning 90 MPs), PRS 1,14% (71,351 votes, 2 MPs), FNLA 1,06% (66,337 votes, 2 MPs) and PHA with 1,02% (63,749 votes, 2 MPs).
CASA-CE with 0.76% (47,446 votes), APN with 0.48%(30,139 votes) and P-NJANGO with 0.42% (26,867 votes) did not get any MPs.
Eight political forces ran in this suffrage which has as total number of voters 6.454,109, representing 44.82% of roughly 14.3 million registered voters.
