The audience granted by PR JOÃO LOURENÇO (JL) to the leader of UNITA, ADALBERTO da COSTA Jr. (ACJ), 13.MAY, did not contribute to dispelling the apprehension that has been growing in political circles, including the MPLA, and diplomatic circles, regarding the hardening of the regime's policies (AM 1502) and the introduction of legislative proposals tending to facilitate electoral fraud. The hearing, at the request of UNITA, was the first granted in c. three years and JL's own stance in it accentuated the perception that his willingness to engage with the opposition or civil society is null. READ MORE