"In the near future, we will introduce the new installing committee, because the deadlines and interdiction end in the last week of July and soon after that we will submit the general process, which is already fully prepared", said the leader, on the sidelines of a political act of the United Patriotic Front (FPU), an opposition platform of which it is also a member.
"In August, the new installing committee enters and our expectation is that, before the end of the year or in the first quarter of 2025, we will be legalized, we will then convene the constitutive congress for 2026", he said.
In April, the Constitutional Court (TC) again dismissed Chivukuvuku's claims, which have been trying to formalize PRA-JA as a party since 2019, and upheld the appealed order, as no new or supervening documents had been presented.
In 2020, the Constitutional Court definitively rejected the legalization of the political project led by Abel Chivukuvuku, for "not addressing insufficiencies", with the process suspended for four years.
Abel Chivukuvuku left the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) in 2012, where he had been a member since 1974 and a former leader, and, in the same year, founded the coalition Convergência Ampla de Salvação de Angola - Coligação Eleitoral (CASA-CE).
In 2019, he was removed from the presidency by the constituent parties of the coalition for alleged "breach of trust" and in August of that year he began the process of legalizing his new political formation, PRA-JA Servir Angola.
The legalization process dragged on, with successive "failures" of the Constitutional Court, alleging irregularities in the documentation presented for this purpose.
Regarding the continued participation in the FPU, Chivukuvuku highlighted that it is made up of organizations with their own identity – the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), the Democratic Bloc (BD), PRA-JA and civil society – and that the objective is to reinforce.
"We are interested in maintaining and strengthening the FPU where necessary, reformulating the governing documents and expanding it if necessary", he highlighted.
Chivukuvuku, who held prominent positions at UNITA for several years, also spoke about the recently created Jonas Savimbi Foundation, considering it "legitimate, normal and healthy in open societies" for family members to want to perpetuate the life of their relative.
"It's a right they have and they are to be congratulated and we hope it will be useful for the country", he said, highlighting that it is a way of recognizing Savimbi's historic role and contribution to the country.
