Angolas Constitutional Court blocks ex-generals bid to challenge Lourenço for MPLA leadership

Angola’s Constitutional Court rejected a bid by Higino Carneiro to suspend the rejection of his candidacy for the leadership of the ruling MPLA party, according to a ruling dated Sept. 7 and made public on Thursday. The court deemed judicial intervention premature, stating that internal party procedures were still underway.
Carneiro, a former general, announced on Saturday that he would continue challenging the decision despite respecting the court’s ruling. In a press statement, he said respecting the judicial decision “does not mean abdicating the right to question, at the institutional and jurisdictional level, the procedures that gave rise to the conflict.” He vowed to use all legal and statutory mechanisms to contest the party’s decision, citing principles of democracy, transparency, and equality within the MPLA.
The MPLA’s IX Ordinary Congress, where Carneiro seeks to run against President João Lourenço for the party’s leadership, is scheduled for Dec. 9–10. Lourenço’s recandidacy has already been validated by the party. Carneiro argued that multiple candidacies, conducted within party statutes, should be seen as a sign of democratic vitality rather than a threat to unity.
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