Since Sunday, the body of José Eduardo dos Santos has been laid to rest in his family's home, followed by the funeral ceremonies, which could take place on August 28 and, therefore, the government party, the Popular Movement for Liberation of Angola (MPLA), has not carried out campaign actions.
The current president, João Lourenço, ended the campaign on Saturday and this Monday he will participate, as head of state, in a meeting with women in Luanda.
Adalberto Costa Júnior, leader of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), ends the campaign with a big rally in one of his strongholds in the capital, in Cazenga.
After a first term in which he promised the fight against corruption and the development of the country, João Lourenço asks for continuity and makes continuous speeches calling for "peace".
Already Costa Júnior asks for "change", a word that has become almost a symbol for those who will vote UNITA.
The two parties that fought in the civil war that marked more than half of the history of independent Angola remain the two poles of the political scene.
Several analysts point out that these will be the tightest elections since 1992, the date of the beginning of multipartyism, but UNITA has insisted on the risk of fraud and filling ballot boxes with votes from ghost voters.
In the campaign that took the two parties to all the provinces of the country, the MPLA has opted for rallies, which UNITA accuses of being "manufactured" with buses transporting thousands of militants.
UNITA has also carried out street actions, seeking to show the signs of support it says it has received from the population and is running in these elections with a broader platform than the party itself, founded by Jonas Savimbi.
For these elections, the number two on the UNITA list (and candidate for vice president) is Abel Chivukuvuku of the Pra-Já Renascer Angola movement (and former leader of the Convergência Ampla de Salvação de Angola - Electoral Coalition, which was the third most voted five years ago) and Adalberto Costa Júnior has the support of Bloco Democrático (ranked fourth in 2017 and, this time, chose not to run for this united front).
The remaining parties with parliamentary seats - CASA-CE, the National Liberation Front of Angola and the Party for Social Renewal - have taken less visible actions, a sign of the polarization of politics.
Tuesday will be a day of reflection and, on August 24, more than 14 million Angolans will be called to choose a new President of the Republic and new representatives in the National Assembly.
The results should be announced in the following days, with this announcement approaching the scheduled date of the funeral ceremonies for José Eduardo dos Santos.
