UN Secretary-General António Guterres has
been invited to the inauguration of Angolan president-elect João
Lourenço on September 26 in Luanda.
State news agency Angop said
Angolan ambassador to the UN had handed the invitation from President
José Eduardo dos Santos to Mr Guterres.
The ruling MPLA flag bearer and
former Defence minister was last week confirmed by the Constitutional
Court (CC) as the winner of the Angolan presidency.
Mr Lourenço, 63, will replace President dos Santos, after 38 years in power, but extend MPLA's 42-year rule.
The poll results
Mr Bornito de Sousa will at the same ceremony be inaugurated as the vice-president.
Main opposition party Unita has accepted to its 51 parliamentary seats.
Last week, the Union for the Total
Independence of Angola contested the poll results and considered
boycotting parliament following the CC validation of the August 23
General Election results.
“We will assume our seats in
parliament to continue the democratic fight inside and outside
institutions,” Unita President Isaias Samakuva said on Saturday at a
press conference.
On Thursday, the Broad Convergence
for the Salvation of Angola- Electoral Coalition (Casa-Ce) also said it
would take its parliamentary seats.
A single MP
The National Electoral Commission (CNE) confirmed that MPLA had won the poll with 61.07 per cent vote and 150 MPs
Unita came second with 26.7 per cent of the votes cast and 51 MPs, while Casa-Ce was third with 9.4 per cent and 16 MPs.
Fourth was the social Renovation
Party (PRS) with 1.45 per cent of the vote and two MPs, followed by the
National Front for the Liberation of Angola (FNLA) with 0.93 per cent
and a single MP, then the National Patriotic Alliance (APN) with 0.51
per cent and no MP.
The August 23 election was Angola's
fourth since independence from Portugal in 1975 and the third since the
end of the war in 2002
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