Adalberto Costa Junior, the leader of Angola's main opposition party UNITA, looks on during the party's final rally at Cazenga, outside the capital Luanda in Angola, August 22, 2022.Adalberto Costa Junior, the leader of Angola's main opposition party UNITA, looks on during the party's final rally at Cazenga, outside the capital Luanda in Angola, August 22, 2022.
UNITA leader Adalberto Costa Junior rejected the results, citing discrepancies between the commission’s count and the party’s own tally. He accused the electoral commission, which mostly controlled by the MPLA, of fraud.According to UNITA’s parallel count, it got 49.5% of the vote and the MPLA 48.2%. A parallel count by civic movement Mudei, which monitored the process, also showed UNITA slightly ahead.
UNITA and other opposition parties called for peaceful demonstrations to protest against what they have described as election “irregularities”.