Elections in Angola: PSP agent injured in clashes at the Angolan consulate in Lisbon
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In a statement from the PSP Metropolitano de Lisboa, Comando throughout the day on Wednesday accompanying the outside of the Angolan consulate, in Alcântara, the voting for Angola’s general elections was taking place.
“After the end of the demise of our people, due to the fact that a high number of people from the PSP remained, it was reinforced, which remained until the employees, delegates and stakeholders left”, the following adds. communicated.
To avoid an eventual escalation of tension by the police, “they would go to a secondary door and be accompanied by the police to the bus that transports osfoia” to a hotel unit.
However, according to the PSP, some of the protesters who meanwhile moved to the bus “adopted hostile behavior, throwing stones and various objects”.
The security then “a wave of dispersion with the use of force, to stop such greetings and guarantee of the delegates, the police and the execution of the order”, after the public bus to its destination accompanied by the PSP.
“From the thrown objects the police have been injured in the head, which was recorded from those transported to the hospital for treatment, as well as damage to vehicles that were parked there”, the police note also adds.
In images captured by cell phone and posted on social media, the police can be seen protecting the entrance of several people on a bus, while the author of the video shouts that “MPLA personnel” are “running away on the bus”. “They did not publish the minutes in Lisbon and are running away (…) with ours”, says the author of the video.
Angola voted on Wednesday to choose a new President of the Republic and new representatives in the National Assembly, for the first time on Wednesday held for the first time in the Aspora.
The electoral process, which involved around 1,300 national and international observers, has been criticized by the opposition, considering it not very transparent.
The Angolan National Electoral Commission (CNE) announced today that the MPLA (power) advantage, with 52.08% of the votes, followed by UNITA (opposition), with 42.98%, are when scrutinized 86.41% of the votes held by the general this Wednesday.
With 77.12% of votes counted in Luanda, the National Union for the Total Liberation of Angola (UNITA) leads with 62.93% of the votes and the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) follows in second position with 33.06 % , CNE spokesman Lucas Quilundo announced today