National Assembly (Angola)

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National Assembly

Assembleia Nacional
5th National Assembly
President of the National Assembly
Carolina Cerqueira, MPLA
since 16 September 2022
Secretary General
Structure
Seats220
National Assembly political groups
Government (124)

Official opposition
(90)

Other parties (6)

Elections
National Assembly voting system
Closed-list proportional representation
Last National Assembly election
24 August 2022
Next National Assembly election
2027
Meeting place
National Assembly building in Luanda
Website
www.parlamento.ao

The National Assembly (

unicameral
country so the National Assembly is the only legislative chamber at the national level.

The 220 members of the National Assembly are elected by two methods. Ninety are elected in 18 five-seat constituencies, by party-list proportional representation using the d'Hondt method. The other 130 are selected by party-list proportional representation using closed lists, allocated proportionally to the nationwide vote tallies.

The People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (

2012
, after a new constitution was adopted in 2010, increasing considerably the power of the President, and diminishing that of the National Assembly as well as that of the judiciary.

Jurisdiction

The Angolan government is composed of three branches of government: executive, legislative, and judicial. The executive branch of the government is composed of the President, the Vice-Presidents and the Council of Ministers. The legislative branch comprises a 220-seat unicameral legislature elected from both provincial and nationwide constituencies. On account of civil wars from independence, political power has been concentrated in the presidency. There are various temporary and permanent committees in the Assembly that help in the operational and administrative functions of the Assembly.[1]

Selection of members

The Unicameral Parliament of Angola was scheduled was originally constituted with 229 elected members.[2] for a period of three years after the elections. All Angolan citizens with 18 years of age were eligible to cast their vote. Citizens who were members of factional groups, had criminal record and who had not rehabilitated were barred from exercising their voting rights. The representatives of the provincial assemblies formed a college and they elected the representatives of the House of Parliament. The candidates were expected to be answerable to the citizens in public meetings, with their candidature approved by a majority in the province where they were getting nominated. A constitutional amendment on 19 August 1980 indicated that the Council formed during interim would be replaced by a national people's assembly and there would be 18 elected assemblies.[2]

Premises

The original building of the National Assembly from 1980, also called People's assembly was located in Estúdio/Restauração Cinema in urban district of Ingombota. The new building inaugurated on 9 November 2015 was initiated on 15 October 2009, while the construction started on 17 May 2010. It is a part of the Political Administrative Centre covering an area of 72,000 Sq.m and a built area of 54,000 sq.m. The Centre accommodates Presidential Palace, the Palace of Justice, the Defence Ministry, Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, the Episcopal Palace and the premises of the former National Assembly headquarters. The New Assembly has 4,600 seats overall with 1,200 in meeting rooms. The compound has four blocks each with six floors, a basement parking that can accommodate 494 vehicles, out of which 34 is reserved for VIPs. The construction was carried out by Portuguese company Teixeira Duarte under the supervision of Special Works Office of the Government of Angola. The building was inaugurated by José Eduardo dos Santos on 10 November 2015.[3]

Performance of political parties

1992 elections, when the first multi-party elections were held, UNITA secured 34.1 per cent vote in the assembly and won 70 seats. But during the 2008 and 2012, their win was reduced to 16 and 32 seats respectively, while the ruling MPLA won 191 and 175 seats respectively.[7][8]

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b Angola elections 1980 (PDF) (Report). Inter-Parliamentary Union. 1981. pp. 35–36. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Angola: Head of State inaugurates new National Assembly building". ANGOP. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
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  5. ^ "Angola: The Bicesse Accords". EISA. Archived from the original on 2 September 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Angola profile - Timeline". BBC. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  7. ^ "President elections in Angola 1992". African Elections Database. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  8. ^ Angola elections 1986 (PDF) (Report). Inter-Parliamentary Union. 1986. pp. 31–32. Retrieved 5 November 2016.

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