Today, September 5, 2008, we have no work, yehey! and I am in Luanda and not in mina. And today is a very special and important day for all Angolans since for the first time in 16 years, they will go out of their house to cast their votes in the election.
FLAG OF ANGOLA
The election that is to a great degree of expectation that the ruling party MPLA (Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola) headed by Jose Eduardo Dos Santos will continue on governing the republic but the opposition party UNITA (União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola) will still remain on hold and hope that they will overturn the widely expected MPLA party to win.
FLAG OF MPLA
The incumbent President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos is flooded out with confidence that his party MPLA will win this election against UNITA. Personally the month-long campaign is generally free of violence but tagged by accusations of anomalies on overleaping of election paraphernalias.
FLAG OF UNITA
For expats like us, we were advised not to go out and just stay home to avoid inflictions on possible commotions. As for me, I did abide by their advise and hook up with TFC via ABS-CBN NOW listening to DZMM.
ABS-CBN TFC NOW
In Luanda, starting today, it has been declared a national holiday to render the Angolanos the time to cast their votes into the polls. It’s a no work day until the weekend that surely be a long weekend but a long weekend home stay for most Expats in Angola. However, in mina of Camissombo, just today is a no work day but tomorrow it is a normal working day – back to the salt mines!
Last election that Angola had was unpeaceful and disorderly that ended in a civil war. I just wish and hope that it will not happen again and that today’s election will be peaceful and orderly that we can go back to our own work normally.
malembe
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As a Guatemalan I can imagine how exciting it is to cast a vote after 16 years of not been able to do so. My country had the tradition of voter fraud, stolen elections or simply there being no elections at all. Hope all goes well in Angola!
I do hope too that the election here in Angola will be go out smoothly and that the will of the Angolan people to govern their country prevails. By the way, I am a Filipino working here in Angola and thank you for visiting and reading my blog.