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Thursday, August 12, 2004 - 03:00
Categories: 
Elections & governance [2]
Issue Number: 
169 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Relations between the Angolan authorities and the main opposition party, UNITA, appeared to have soured once again over the delay in announcing a date for the country's first post-war elections. On Monday a senior UNITA official told IRIN that the party would continue to boycott the constitutional commission laying the groundwork for a national poll until "the government showed real commitment" to establishing an electoral timetable in preparation for the national poll.

Category: 
Governance [4]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/elections/23731 [5]
Country: 
Angola [6]

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