Eleições autárquicas e sistema político em Angola: caminhos e descaminhos para uma efetiva democratização

Abstract

The implementation of municipalities in Angola is an issue that is of great importance in the lives of all Angolans, regardless of the social stratum in which each one belongs. Until now, such desideratum appears only as a future perspective due to several reasons alleged by the Government, notably the existence of the pandemic that devastates the entire world, the phenomenon of gradualism, which has generated strong debates between the Government and the Opposition. Another impediment factor that in fact deserves to be mentioned is the delay in the discussion, conclusion and final approval of the municipal legislative package, a condition sine qua non for the convening and subsequent realization of the municipal electoral election, process which is not yet totally completed. However, the Angolan Opposition in unison devalues all the arguments presented by the Angolan Executive, categorically claiming that what is at the base of the non-implementation of the autarchies is, purely and simply, the lack of political and patriotic will of the ruling party. Thus, in this work, we will seek to demonstrate the various stages experienced by the Republic of Angola over its only forty-seven years of existence as an independent country, making an incursion into its political-historical aspects, the current political system, the various elections already carried out and respective results, the configuration of traditional power and the issue of local power, with a view to the full implementation of democracy in Angola.