The Civil House of the President says, in a statement released this Monday, that the consultation on the date for the holding of the general elections will be the objective of the fourth ordinary meeting of the body, convened for Friday, 3 June.
João Lourenço said, last Thursday, that he was within the legal deadlines to call the elections, and that the same would happen after hearing the Council of the Republic.
"It will not happen [the call for elections] before I hold the meeting of the Council of the Republic, so stay tuned, from the moment there is a meeting of the Council of the Republic, it is possible that minutes, hours or days later the elections will be held. convened", said the President at the time, when questioned by journalists.
The Constitution and the law, he then pointed out, "are very clear as to the period in which the President of the Republic must call the elections, therefore they must be called within the 90 days prior to the end of the current mandate".
"The term ends on September 26 and I am within the deadlines, I can extend it to the maximum, but I will not, as soon as the meeting of the Council of the Republic is held, I will call the elections", promised João Lourenço.
The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) recently accused the President and the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) of "delaying the call for elections to take advantage of the electoral campaign".
The Council of the Republic, João Lourenço's consultative body, is composed of members of political parties and coalitions of parties with seats in parliament, the presidents of the higher courts, the president of parliament and religious leaders, members of civil society and other individuals appointed by the President.
The next general elections, the fifth election in the country's political history, are scheduled for the second half of August, as established by the revised Constitution in 2021.
