"It is true that some problems have arisen from a technical point of view, but these are things that cannot be avoided. (...) The technology can fail at any time, but the failures that have occurred do not compromise the process at all", he told the journalists Carlos Santos at the Consulate General of the Republic of Angola in Lisbon.
According to the vice-consul for the Angolan communities, the constraints that occurred 'a posteriori' of the official registration are not the responsibility of the National Elections Commission (CNE) of Angola.
After being asked about the fact that there are people registered in the African country and in Portugal, Carlos Santos explained that "he has not received any complaints", so far.
"I am a focal point of the CNE [of Angola] and I have not received any complaints. Unfortunately I have not. I have no way of answering that, because these questions were not asked in time", he said.
On whether the vote counting in Lisbon would end this Wednesday, the leader recalled that the scrutiny had started in the late afternoon, but that he still did not have access to the minutes, because "they were not prepared".
"I can't guarantee anything, the staff will work if they need to, they only leave those rooms when the work is finished", he said.
Carlos Santos was speaking surrounded by people demonstrating this Wednesday afternoon, next to the consulate's facilities, demonstrating against the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), the party that governs the country.
"Civil society participated en masse. Our objective is clear. It is to see this dictatorship fall, but through democratic means... Democracy is the power that emanates from the people. The Angolan community in Portugal is to be congratulated, because we came here to effectively honor democracy as the rule of law that defends the rights of the people", said Kissamá de Castro, from the "Vozes de Angola" Movement.
Supporting the leader of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), Adalberto Costa Júnior, the spokesman for the group of protesters stressed that "voting is a social necessity" and guaranteed that people will only demobilize when the results.
"(...) We're only going to leave here with the results. All the information that we don't have today we're going to have, we're going to start by popular means", he warned.
In turn, Pedro Lopes, UNITA delegate, said that the party "has nothing to do" with the demonstration.
"It's simply the voice of the people. It's about civil society. It's their initiative. They understood that they had to be here in force and express themselves with what they've been following. UNITA has nothing to do with this demonstration that we have seen", he observed.
Pedro Lopes also warned that people should "remain calm" until the results are released.
"Right now, the process of counting the votes is [in progress]. (...) Let's keep calm until the count is finished and someone entitled comes to us and tells us something", he stressed.
The polls closed at 6 pm on Wednesday at the Consulate General of the Republic of Angola in Lisbon.
