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PC001

Registration requirements for parties (Chamber 1)
QuestionWhat are the registration requirements for political parties running for national elections (Chamber 1)?
Réponses a. Signature requirement (specify requirement)
f. Autre
Réponses Only legally registered political parties can submit lists of candidates to the Constitutional Court within 20 days after the call for elections. Each party list must be accompanied by 5000-5500 signatures of eligible voters for the nationwide constituency and 500-550 signatures of voters for each electoral constituency.
Source Constitution of 3 February 2010, art. 146 (2): http://www.tribunalconstitucional.ao/uploads/%7B9555c635-8d7c-4ea1-b7f9-0cd33d08ea40%7D.pdf (2017); Electoral Law n.º 36/11 of 21 December 2011 regulating General Elections, art. 34, 40, 41, 42, 51 (4): http://www.tribunalconstitucional.ao/uploads/%7Bc46fa0b3-c947-4440-ae92-5f1a3a275d8a%7D.pdf (2017)
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PC003

Registration requirements for candidates (Chamber 1)
QuestionWhat are the legal qualifications to become a candidate at legislative elections (Chamber 1)?
Réponses a. Age
b. Citizenship
d. Residence
Réponses 54 (1) Every citizen who has attained the age of eighteen years shall have the right to vote and stand for election for any state or local authority body and to serve their terms of office or mandates, under the terms of the Constitution and the law. Article 8: Must be residing in the national territory
Source Constitution of 3 February 2010, art. 54 (1): http://www.tribunalconstitucional.ao/uploads/%7B9555c635-8d7c-4ea1-b7f9-0cd33d08ea40%7D.pdf (2017); Electoral Law n.º 36/11 of 21 December 2011 regulating General Elections, art. 8, 10, 14: http://www.tribunalconstitucional.ao/uploads/%7Bc46fa0b3-c947-4440-ae92-5f1a3a275d8a%7D.pdf (2017)
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PC008

Independent candidates
QuestionCan independent candidates compete in presidential or legislative elections?
Réponses a. Neither in presidential nor legislative elections
Réponses Article 111: Nominations for President 1. Nominations for President of the Republic shall be proposed by the political parties or coalitions of political parties. 2. The nominations referred to in the previous point may include citizens who are not affiliated to a competing political party or coalition of political parties. Article 146: Nominations for Assembly 1. Nominations shall be presented by the political parties either individually or as coalitions, and the lists may include citizens who are not affiliated to the parties in question, under the terms of the law. 2. Nominations must be subscribed to by 5,000 to 5,500 voters for the national constituency and 500 to 550 voters for each provincial constituency.
Source Constitution of 3 February 2010, art. 111, 146: http://www.tribunalconstitucional.ao/uploads/%7B9555c635-8d7c-4ea1-b7f9-0cd33d08ea40%7D.pdf (2017)
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PC012

Public funding of parties
QuestionDo political parties receive direct/indirect public funding?
Réponses b. Direct
c. Indirect
Réponses Political parties receive annual state contributions and direct public funding in relation to electoral campaigns. They also receive indirect public funding in the form of free broadcast time, tax reliefs, free public space and premises for their campaign activities.
Source Electoral Law n.º 36/11 of 21 December 2011 regulating General Elections, art. 80 (1-a), 81: http://www.tribunalconstitucional.ao/uploads/%7Bc46fa0b3-c947-4440-ae92-5f1a3a275d8a%7D.pdf (2017); Law n.º 22/10 of 3 December 2010 on Political Parties, art. 7: http://www.tribunalconstitucional.ao/uploads/%7Bba5a9a35-5652-4e00-ba36-89281ab1b7a6%7D.pdf (2017); Law n.º 10/12 of 22 March 2012 regulating the funding of political parties, art. 2, 5, 8: http://www.tribunalconstitucional.ao/uploads/%7Bde0141b8-591a-4f3c-800a-4907d0711dbb%7D.pdf (2017)
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PC015


QuestionWhat is the basis of the public funding?
Réponses a. Equal funding, regardless of size and previous performance
b. Based on result of previous election
Réponses Political parties or coalitions of political parties with seats in the National Assembly receive annual grants from the State budget, distributed according to the number of votes cast in the last general elections. In addition, an annual grant from the State budget is equally distributed to all legally established political parties. In relation to electoral campaigns, all political parties participating in elections are entitled to equal public funding.
Source Electoral Law n.º 36/11 of 21 December 2011 regulating General Elections, art. 80 (1-a), 81: http://www.tribunalconstitucional.ao/uploads/%7Bc46fa0b3-c947-4440-ae92-5f1a3a275d8a%7D.pdf (2017); Law n.º 22/10 of 3 December 2010 on Political Parties, art. 7: http://www.tribunalconstitucional.ao/uploads/%7Bba5a9a35-5652-4e00-ba36-89281ab1b7a6%7D.pdf (2017); Law n.º 10/12 of 22 March 2012 regulating the funding of political parties, art. 5: http://www.tribunalconstitucional.ao/uploads/%7Bde0141b8-591a-4f3c-800a-4907d0711dbb%7D.pdf (2017)
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PC017


QuestionAre political parties entitled to private funding?
Answer: a. Oui
Réponses
Source Electoral Law n.º 36/11 of 21 December 2011 regulating General Elections, art. 80: http://www.tribunalconstitucional.ao/uploads/%7Bc46fa0b3-c947-4440-ae92-5f1a3a275d8a%7D.pdf (2017); Law n.º 10/12 of 22 March 2012 regulating the funding of political parties, art. 2: http://www.tribunalconstitucional.ao/uploads/%7Bde0141b8-591a-4f3c-800a-4907d0711dbb%7D.pdf (2017)
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