At the headquarters of the Humanist Party of Angola (PHA), next to the Congolese market, a few dozen young people expressed their dissatisfaction, complaining that they had been hungry "all night" while waiting at the polling stations, fulfilling their mission of accompany Wednesday's election.
The coordinator of Bela Malaquias' party, Ivo Ginguma, guaranteed, however, that everyone would receive payment, attributing the delay to the "disorganization" of the young people, who should be distributed in groups of 20.
With the Social Renewal Party (PRS), in the São Paulo area, right in front of a huge and unhealthy puddle of water, Dilma Stela repeated the laments of other comrades.
"They didn't give us food, they didn't give us water, I was there from 6:00 am to 7:00 pm, they said we were going to receive 30,000 kwanzas plus 5,000 for food and they want to pay us 1,500", she said, discouraged with the 'kilapi' (debt, in the Angolan slang) partisan.
"I arrived, saw this flood and thought it was too much. It's too little and the party says they can't pay us", he criticized, admitting to go home empty-handed, unlike many others who insisted and stayed in line.
Moisés Sandoco, municipal secretary in Luanda, regretted that the party had not been able to ensure the logistics "because there was a delay" and was no longer able to distribute food as it was on top of the polls closing.
The PRS official also said that they are only making the payment of 1,500 kwanzas, as previously it was the government, through the National Electoral Commission (CNE), to cover this expense, which did not happen in this election.
"The party had already paid for the campaign and now we are faced with this. We accredited 1,773 delegates in Luanda", he justified.
At the headquarters of the National Patriotic Alliance (APN), in central Luanda, where this Thursday the police intervened to disperse a crowd of angry young people who protested violently against the lack of payment, throwing stones and vandalizing vehicles, only a few policemen guarded the gate, despite the fact that you no longer see people there.
A very different scenario was seen in the afternoon in Bairro Popular, next to the National Front for the Liberation of Angola (FNLA), with dozens of people complaining about unfulfilled promises.
With the place heavily controlled by police forces, only a few delegates' representatives entered the house to speak with party officials, in a heated discussion that was perceptible by the exalted tone of the voices that were heard through the window.
Asked by Lusa about the amount that had been promised to the delegates, a young woman from the party only said: "We are talking".
In the dialogues with the delegates, it was noticed that, during the training of these electoral agents, the parties committed to one thing and did another without having previously defined how much the delegates would receive for the services, that is, for monitoring and inspecting the assemblies of opening vote for posting the summary minutes.
Tamba Flora has been around for more than three hours and "still nothing", she exclaimed, annoyed, complaining about the lack of water, food and "cash for the taxi", despite a day of work that occupied her from 5:00 am to 10:00 pm.
Some people with no possibility of transport ended up staying overnight near the polling places, some to arrive early, others like Jardel Ndunguidi, who worked at an assembly in Talatona, because they didn't have a taxi to get home.
"I had to patrol all night long, I didn't even know that neighborhood", he complained, confirming that the FNLA delegates did not receive money or food, despite having been told otherwise during the training.
Daniel António Afonso, coordinator of the FNLA electoral commission, recognized the importance of the "patriotic and civic work" of the list delegates, but said that in previous elections the responsibility for payment was always assumed by the government, recognizing that the party does not have the capacity to pay the 52,000 delegates he has registered, including staff and substitutes.
"We are waiting for the government to comment. We have a minimum reward which is insufficient, but we are going to give 15,000 kwanzas, we think that no one will be left without receiving", the official assured Lusa.
