Journalist and jurist Florbela 'Bela' Malaquias, a former FALA soldier, the armed wing of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) during the civil war, announced the creation of the new party in November 2020.
This is the second party of former UNITA militants, the main opposition force, legalized since last week, when the TC validated the registration of Eduardo "Dinho" Chingunji's Partido Nacionalista para Justiça em Angola (P-JANGO) after 11 years.
The PHA president is the author of "Heroínas da Dignidade", where she recounts her memories and experiences lived in Jamba, the former headquarters of the party founded by Jonas Savimbi, which she describes as a tyrant and murderer.
There are thus 13 parties authorized to run in the 2022 general elections, whose date is still unknown, but can be revealed on Friday, after hearing the Council of the Republic, which the Angolan President, João Lourenço, convened today to decide on the appointment. of the lawsuit.
The legalized parties are: Partido Democrático para o Progresso de Aliança Nacional Angolana (PDP-ANA), Partido de Apoio para a Democracia e Desenvolvimento de Angola-Aliança Patriótica (PADDA-AP), Partido de Aliança Livre de Maioria Angolana (PALMA), Partido Pacífico Angolano (PPA) and Partido Nacional de Salvação de Angola (PNSA), who are part of the coalition CASA-CE.
They also include the Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA), União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA), Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola (FNLA), Bloco Democrático (BD), Partido de Renovação Social (PRS) and Aliança Patriótica Nacional (APN), besides the newcomers P-NJANGO e PHA.
The TC is the entity responsible for the legalization of parties in Angola, which only acquire legal personality upon registration in their own register.
Until then, according to the law on political parties, an Installing Committee will have to be appointed, which takes care of the preparations for the organization of the party for the purpose of registration and asks the TC for its accreditation, presenting the objectives of the constitution of the party and its program, party's statutes and naming projects, as well as documents proving the assets and financial resources available to start its activities.
The registration of parties must be based on an application that gathers a minimum of 7500 signatures from citizens over 18 years old with at least 150 residents in each of the provinces that make up the country, accompanied by their identification documents and an express declaration. of acceptance of each subscriber.
