The two legal diplomas will go to a final and global vote during the 12th extraordinary plenary meeting of the fourth legislative session of the parliament.
The bill amending the Official Electoral Registration Law is a result of the draft law amending the Official Electoral Registration Law, an initiative of the Executive, and the draft law amending the Official Electoral Registration Law, an initiative of the parliamentary group of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA, opposition).
The bill amending the Organic Law for General Elections, on the other hand, emanates from two bills amending the said law, proposed by the parliamentary groups of UNITA and MPLA (Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola, in power since 1975).
Both proposals that will be discussed by the plenary of the parliament this Wednesday result from the "fusion" of the referred legislative initiatives, discussed and approved on Tuesday by the speciality commissions of the National Assembly.
In recent weeks, these legislative proposals gave rise to heated debates among the deputies in the specialty where they sought consensus in view of the general elections scheduled for 2022.
The "clarification" of electoral matters regarding voting, active electoral capacity, and the scope of the unofficial electoral register are some of the matters contained in both legal diplomas.
These legislative proposals are going to a final vote following several protests from political parties in the opposition and civil society, which defend "smoothness and transparency" in the electoral legislative package.
The first phase of voter registration, in Angola and abroad, aimed at the elections scheduled for 2022, begins in September and runs until next December, and the second phase is scheduled between January 5 and March 31, 2022.
The deputies also vote this Wednesday on the National Bank of Angola bill in its entirety.
