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Electoral registration will even cover citizens residing outside the country

The Executive will proceed with the adjustment of the electoral registration norms so that this process covers all national citizens residing outside the country, according to the Minister of Territory Administration, Marcy Lopes.

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This adjustment results from the approval of the Project and the Proposal to amend the Law on Unofficial Electoral Registration by the National Assembly at the 9th Extraordinary Plenary Meeting of the 4th Legislative Session of the 4th Legislature, which took place on Wednesday.

At the National Assembly, Marcy Lopes also said that the proposal to amend the Official Electoral Registration Law will include and provide for diplomatic and console missions, as places where updates to the electoral register should be carried out.

Likewise, he referred that the amendment to the Unofficial Electoral Registration Law will also allow the Executive to update all the pecuniary sanctions provided for in the current diploma, approved in 2015, as they do not serve its sanctioning role due to the exchange rate change. Marcy Lopes recalled that the current Constitution of the Republic reduces the possibility of Angolan citizens' votes abroad. But with the amendment of this Magna Law, the vote is thus extended to all citizens outside the country, regardless of the condition in which they are in the welcoming country.

The Minister of Territory Administration also clarified that the Electoral Register will be unofficial under the Constitution and will only be present in those areas considered difficult to access, where there is no citizen with an identity card.

To the deputies, Marcy Lopes recommended that they make changes to the Law on Unofficial Electoral Registration, which make this diploma simple and feasible, since the permanent suspension of the electoral process has been costing the Executive dear.

To meet and justify the suspensions, he said that the logistics have to be redoubled and the cost of this process has been very high.

"You are welcome, Your Excellency Mr. President, it will help us to create an apparently very beautiful diploma, but which in practice will prove to be useless, problematic, inefficient and difficult to execute", concluded the minister.

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