Measurement of forces between MPLA and UNITA will reveal voting trend in Luanda – analyst.
An Angolan political analyst considered today that the measurement of forces between the MPLA, in power, and UNITA, in the opposition, scheduled for Saturday, in Luanda, will release an indicator on the voting trend in the Angolan capital. “Yes, it is healthy and the measurement of forces between the two [UNITA e MPLA] will launch an indicator on the trend of voting in Luanda in the next elections. It is the great political forces that have been galvanizing political competition in Angola”, Osvaldo Mboco told Lusa. The Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA, in power since 1975) has scheduled a mass political act for Saturday in Luanda, the day on which the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), the largest opposition party, also takes to the streets. with such an act. João Lourenço, president of the MPLA, will lead his party’s initiative, and Adalberto Costa Júnior, leader of UNITA, will lead the activity of the “Black Rooster” party in th...