Abel Chivukuvuku, who fights for the legalization of his new political project, called PRA-JA Servir Angola, participated on Friday in a virtual roundtable, promoted by the international organization Friends of Angola (FoA), on the registration of the PRA-JA Servir Angola project and the democratic process in Angola.
According to Abel Chivukuvuku, he has been approached in this sense, demystifying the idea that he would only accept a leadership position.
"There is a perception that either Brother Abel is president or he accepts nothing else, but it has nothing to do with it. I wasn't president of UNITA and I participated in UNITA's life for over 30 years," he said.
The Angolan politician, who led until February 2019 the Angola-Coligação Eleitoral (CASA-CE) Broad Convergence of Salvation, the second political force of the opposition, which he created in 2012, says there is room for participation.
"I feel, because I have been approached in this sense, that there is a current that defends the theory that in the 2022 elections there should only be two candidacies, one from the MPLA and one from the entire opposition and civil society," he said.
Abel Chivuvkuvuku stressed that he defends the idea and is not concerned with "whoever gets ahead. "If it helps the country, it contributes to improving the quality of political processes," he said.
"Why not do it. It's what I've already defended, the foundation of our participation has to be motivation, if our motivation is to contribute what's important is that we see among us all, who is in better condition, if it's Adalberto [UNITA leader] who passes in front, if it's Ngonda [leader of the National Liberation Front of Angola] who passes in front, if it's Justino [Democratic Block] who passes in front, if it's Abel who passes in front," he considered.
The politician said that he has shared his reflection on this matter, contributed with his thought and sees that Angola "should not close itself to such a possibility".
"As long as the purposes are Angola, as long as the purpose is not only to have a place as a deputy, a place as a minister", he indicated, pointing out that he has already shown that these are not his intentions.
"At least I have proved that the seat as a deputy makes no dent, I was elected in 2012, I did not stay there, I was elected in 2017, I did not even take office. What I want is to contribute and, whatever the formula, to find everyone together, if we come to the conclusion that it serves Angola better, then let's have the courage to take it, let's put our egos a little aside," he argued.
Abel Chivukuvuku stressed that this subject "is still a discourse and a very incipient debate, unstructured, not deepened.
"There are voices and, obviously, there are different attitudes, because the parties themselves also have various forces within the political forces according to the democratic space and complementarity that exists, but I think it is good that in Angola this debate arises, which should be nurtured, but in a structured, deep, well thought out, why not? In 2020 there will be only the MPLA and the Union of the Peoples of Angola", he concluded.
Coordinator of the PRA-JA Servir Angola installation commission, Abel Chivukuvuku reaffirmed that he will continue to fight in Angolan justice for the legalization of his new political project, whose process has known, since 2019, successive failures of the Constitutional Court, due to alleged lack of documents.
Chivukuvuku also revealed that on Thursday, the Constitutional Court decided to give five days to the PRA-JA Servir Angola's installation commission to supply and clarify new doubts in its legalization process.
"They gave us five more days. At this moment, this letter means that the plenary's ruling remains suspended, the PRA-JA Servir Angola installation commission and its organs remain legal," said Abel Chivukuvuku, pointing out that the team of lawyers will prepare the requested documents and additional documentation, to possibly arrive this Monday.
After that, the court will have 15 days to rule again on the request, and the commission will again have seven days to meet new needs of the allegations and after that the court has 60 more days to deliberate.
