According to a statement from CASA-CE, which Lusa had access to, the decision follows a request from the coalition's presidential college for the Democratic Bloc to clarify its position in the coalition in view of the political and electoral challenges ahead.
CASA-CE also asked for clarification of the position of the Democratic Bloc in light of its active commitment to the United Patriotic Front political project, in cooperation with the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) and politician Abel Chivukuvuku, leader of the political project PRA-JA Serving Angola.
In an extraordinary meeting, held on Monday, between the presidential college of CASA-CE and the direction of the Democratic Block, Filomeno Vieira Lopes said that he will fulfill the current mandate within CASA-CE, but he will not renew the participation agreement with the coalition in the 2022 general elections.
In view of the last meeting of the Political Committee of the Democratic Bloc, held over the weekend, it was also decided that it will adapt its participation in CASA-CE, removing the party from all structures linked to the coalition's electoral strategy, whether the central, intermediate and grassroots level.
The Democratic Bloc also chose to maintain support for CASA-CE in the field of accounting management, strengthen its presence in the management of the parliamentary group and assume tasks relating to the vice-presidency of the coalition's assets, as well as keeping intact all rights acquired by via CASA-CE, in the 2017 general elections, namely the quota of commissioners to the National Electoral Commission and the funds allocated to the parties quarterly.
In view of the position of the Democratic Bloc, the CASA-CE presidential college decided to suspend the political participation of the party in the coalition until 2022, maintain its participation in the parliamentary group, as well as assess, subsequently, the maintenance of the rights acquired as a member, in the mandate 2017-2022.
On the permanence or not of the Democratic Block in the coalition until 2022, according to the proposal presented by the party, CASA-CE will refer the decision to the deliberative bodies of the associated political parties.
"The presidential college of CASA-CE welcomes the attitude of manifest openness assumed by the Democratic Bloc, which, despite being late, will allow each of the parties to fully materialize their strategic programmatic lines, during the pre-electoral campaign period, in view of the great political and electoral challenges, why they propose to participate", underlines the statement.
