The optimism Angolan president João Lourenço’s election generated four years ago has dwindled as electoral promise after another have failed to materialise.
- NRF/British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow under the SA-UK Bilateral Chair in Political Theory, University of the Witwatersrand
The Angolan political elite lost an extraordinary opportunity to improve significantly the country’s constitution.
Angola needs a mixed electoral system. This would promote accountability through the direct election of representatives from constituencies.
Citizens have been denied their right to elect officials at the grassroots and this has allowed the central government to maintain rigid control of the country’s regions.
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