By ARNALDO VIEIRA More by this AuthorAngola’s main opposition party the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (Unita) on Thursday filed a motion in parliament to begin an impeachment process to remove the country’s President Joao Lourenço from office in an unprecedented move. The documents contain 200 pleadings, more than 200 pieces of documentary evidence and 40 citizens as witnesses in support of the Unita parliamentary group. Unita accuses Lourenço of being responsible for food shortage, unemployment, jailing demonstrators and being authoritarian. "The court will verify the legality of the process and it is the parliament that will remove the president," Liberty Chiaka said. However, it is not the first time that the opposition has expressed its desires to remove Lourenço from office.

Source: Daily Nation October 13, 2023 12:17 UTC