Africa Monitor Intelligence
Angola: Lourenço Unaffected by Loss of Loyal Supreme Court Leader
In a context of hardening in relation to the political opposition and dissenting sectors of society (especially students and young people), the higher courts are also seen in circles close to JOÃO LOURENÇO as useful in validating legislation that may be the subject of legal and constitutional controversy; The exercise was facilitated in the Constitutional Court by the majority made up of judges linked to the MPLA and by close ties to the party of its president, LAURINDA CARDOSO. READ MORE