Angola’s Two Main Opposition Parties Reject Election Results
- Provisional vote count lacks transparency, Casa-Ce says
- Unita said Aug. 26 that it considered outcome invalid
Votes are counted in Luanda, on Aug. 23.
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Angola’s two biggest opposition parties rejected provisional results from an Aug. 23 election that gave the ruling Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola a majority of votes.
The southern African nation’s second-biggest opposition party, the Broad Consensus for Angola Salvation - Electoral Coalition, known as Casa-Ce, said in an emailed statement that the vote count lacked transparency and wasn’t based on reliable information. Its refusal to accept the outcome came after the biggest opposition party, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola, or Unita, said Aug. 26 that it didn’t consider the provisional results valid.