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UNITA defends individual approval of legislative proposals on the Right to Petition and the Right to Popular Action

UNITA, the largest opposition party, spoke out this Wednesday against the joining of the draft law on the Right to Petition, which it submitted to parliament, and the Government's draft law on the Right of Popular Action.

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The position was expressed this Wednesday by the deputy of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) Mihaela Weba, at a press conference, in which she addressed the main differences between the Draft Law on the Right to Petition, initiated by the UNITA parliamentary group, and the executive's proposal on the Right of Popular Action, with the discussion, in general, of both initiatives, scheduled for this Thursday at an extraordinary plenary meeting of the National Assembly.

Mihaela Weba underlined that the two diplomas guarantee the exercise of fundamental rights and freedoms, which reinforce citizen participation in public life.

However, after analyzing the two documents, the UNITA parliamentary group concluded that they are different and that they aim to regulate different fundamental rights, enshrined in different articles of the Constitution of the Republic of Angola.

"There are no objective, doctrinal or regimental reasons for the ordinary legislator to merge these two diplomas into one. Nor do we see any practical advantages, neither political nor procedural in the merger of the two initiatives", she stressed.

The UNITA deputy argued that petitions, denunciations, complaints and grievances aim both at the defense of individual or collective rights, harming one or more specific people, as well as the defense of the Constitution, the laws or the general interest.

"The right of popular action, on the other hand, is consecrated as an expression of the fundamental right of access to the courts and has as its object, above all, the defense of diffuse interests", she stressed.

For UNITA, the two documents "are well prepared, concise and deserve the unanimous approval of the National Assembly, both in general and in particular".

Mihaela Weba expressed her willingness to discuss the documents, should the parliamentary group of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA, ruling party) have any objection to any provision contained in the bill presented by UNITA, reiterating that "it does not seem necessary , nor recommendable, to merge the two subjects in a single diploma".

"The rights in question are the right of petition, denunciation, complaint and complaint - which are enshrined in article 73 of the CRA - and the right of popular action, enshrined in article 74 of the CRA", the deputy also maintained.

On the occasion, the UNITA deputy took the opportunity to inform that on Wednesday, a Draft Law on the Exercise of the Right of Democratic Opposition was submitted to the office of the President of the National Assembly, Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos, as a matter of urgency.

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