Hundreds of people who worked as delegates and electoral agents gathered this Thursday at the door of various parties, demanding payment for their services, in an atmosphere of tension that was only more contained due to the police presence. At the headquarters of the Humanist Party of Angola PHA , next to the Congolese market, a few dozen young people expressed their dissatisfaction, complaining that they had been hungry "all night" while waiting at the polling stations, fulfilling their mission of accompany Wednesday's election.
The coordinator of Bela Malaquias' party, Ivo Ginguma, guaranteed, however, that everyone would receive payment, attributing the delay to the "disorganization" of the young people, who should be distributed in groups of It's too little and the party says they can't pay us", he criticized, admitting to go home empty-handed, unlike many others who insisted and stayed in line.
The PRS official also said that they are only making the payment of 1, kwanzas, as previously it was the government, through the National Electoral Commission CNE , to cover this expense, which did not happen in this election. We accredited 1, delegates in Luanda", he justified. At the headquarters of the National Patriotic Alliance APN , in central Luanda, where this Thursday the police intervened to disperse a crowd of angry young people who protested violently against the lack of payment, throwing stones and vandalizing vehicles, only a few policemen guarded the gate, despite the fact that you no longer see people there.
A very different scenario was seen in the afternoon in Bairro Popular, next to the National Front for the Liberation of Angola FNLA , with dozens of people complaining about unfulfilled promises.
With the place heavily controlled by police forces, only a few delegates' representatives entered the house to speak with party officials, in a heated discussion that was perceptible by the exalted tone of the voices that were heard through the window. Asked by Lusa about the amount that had been promised to the delegates, a young woman from the party only said: "We are talking". In the dialogues with the delegates, it was noticed that, during the training of these electoral agents, the parties committed to one thing and did another without having previously defined how much the delegates would receive for the services, that is, for monitoring and inspecting the assemblies of opening vote for posting the summary minutes.
