Luanda - President João Lourenço Wednesday forwarded to the Constitutional Court (TC) the Constitution Revision Law, approved recently by the National Assembly.
The diploma was sent due to a legal imperative, which establishes that the alterations to the Constitution of the Republic of Angola are subject to the necessary preventive supervision by the Constitutional Court.
In the note, sent to the President of the Constitutional Court, Judge Manuel Miguel da Costa Aragão, João Lourenço requested that "the appreciation be made as a matter of urgency".
The National Assembly (AN) approved, last 22 June, with a qualified majority of 152 votes in favour, none against and 56 abstentions, the first ordinary partial revision of the Constitution, 11 years after it came into force.
The revision eliminates the difficulties of interpretation that existed with regard to parliamentary oversight of the executive and ensures that Angolan citizens living abroad can vote.
It also removes from the Constitution of the Republic the gradualism in the implementation of municipalities, one of the main differences between the government and the opposition.
The approved alterations also cover the institutional positioning of bodies such as the National Bank of Angola (BNA), which now has constitutional status and a new way of appointing its governor.
With this revision, the Constitution now has 249 articles as opposed to the current 244, with 44 articles being amended and seven new ones included.
The Magna Law attributes to the President of the Republic and to one third of the 220 deputies of the National Assembly, in full exercise of their duties, the initiative for constitutional revision.
