"It is up to us to make a careful reading of everything that has happened in the course we have taken in the last five years and, as a result, to redirect some actions and improve our provision of public service", said Rui Falcão, moments after the CNE announce that the MPLA won the elections with an absolute majority but lost, at least in three provinces, and lost a two-thirds majority in the assembly, going from 150 to 124 deputies in parliament.
For the MPLA, this is a "significant" victory.
"We have an absolute majority, we shouldn't be worried" and "we are going to govern the country with that absolute majority", said Rui Falcão, who did not want to find a justification for the poor result of the party, particularly in Luanda.
"These are political contingencies" and the "people understood that it should be like this", he said, adding: "We are going to do the analysis in a thoughtful way and conclude where we went wrong and where we were less happy".
Regarding the complaints of the largest opposition party, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), which went from 51 deputies to 90 seats in the National Assembly, Rui Falcão played down: "We know that UNITA, before starting the game, said that there was fraud, so it will not change the speech".
"UNITA does not change and we will continue to do our work, what is our responsibility to do. I continue to say that democracy is just that, one day you win, the next you lose", he said.
According to the counting of the summary minutes of the votes made by UNITA, the data point to an electoral victory for the opposition, although, at the press conference, the data presented to journalists still indicated a short victory for the MPLA.
"Whoever complains has to present evidence and has to deal with the matter with those who are competent to do so. The MPLA is a player, it is not a referee, the referee is the CNE [National Electoral Commission] and it is up to the CNE to resolve any doubts that may exist", explained Rui Falcão.
On the part of the MPLA, "we will wait calmly, as we have done until now", he added, hoping that UNITA would also accept the official results in order to demobilize its supporters, namely in the Luanda area.
"I believe that now, with the release of the results, everything will calm down", said the leader, concluding: "The game is over, now it's time to govern".
The MPLA, led by President João Lourenço, won Angola's general elections with 51.07 percent, followed by UNITA with 44.05 percent of the votes, according to the CNE, when 97.3 percent of the polling stations were scrutinized.
The provisional results were released this Thursday by CNE spokesman Lucas Quilundo, at a time when 97.3 percent of polling stations were being scrutinized, so there should be no substantial changes, he said.
The historic Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola (FNLA), the Social Renewal Party and the new Humanist Party of Angola, the only one led by a woman (Bela Malaquias), elect two deputies each and the CASA-CE coalition no longer has representation. parliamentary.
