JUDGMENTS
Judgments of 2013
45 judgments decided in 2013, newest first.
- 279/201324 APR 2013
Dissolution of a political party
Case No. 344-C/2013 · Rapp. —The Attorney General applied for the dissolution of the Partido Democrático Radical Angolano (PDRA) because it had contested neither the 2008 nor the 2012 elections. The party argued, among other things, that it no longer…
- 278/201324 APR 2013
Dissolution of a political party
Case No. 343-B/2013 · Rapp. —The Attorney General applied for the dissolution of the Liberal Democratic Party of Angola (PDLA) for failing to take part in the 2008 and 2012 elections. The party cited financial difficulties in 2012 and the rejection, in 2008,…
- 277/201324 APR 2013
Dissolution of a political party
Case No. 342-C/2013 · Rapp. —The Attorney General applied for a declaration dissolving the Partido Congressista Angolano (PCA) for not taking part, alone or in coalition, in the 2008 and 2012 elections. Served by public notice, the party did not respond. The…
- 276/201324 APR 2013
Dissolution of a political party
Case No. 338-A/2013 · Rapp. —The Attorney General applied for the dissolution of the União Nacional Patriótica para a Democracia (UNPD) for failing to take part in the 2008 and 2012 elections. The party admitted it had not taken part, attributing this to the…
- 275/201324 APR 2013
Dissolution of a political party
Case No. 335-B/2013 · Rapp. —The Attorney General applied for the dissolution of the Partido Angolano para Unidade e Desenvolvimento (PAUD) because it had not taken part in the 2008 and 2012 elections. The party argued that it had joined coalitions for those…
- 262/201324 APR 2013
Dissolution of a political party
Case No. 372-C/2013 · Rapp. —The Attorney General applied for the dissolution of the Party of Solidarity and Conscience of Angola (PSCA), which had contested the 2012 general elections within the FUMA coalition and obtained 0.14% of the valid votes. The…
- 280/201323 APR 2013
Dissolution of a political party
Case No. 351-B/2013 · Rapp. —The Attorney General applied for the dissolution of the Partido Social Democrata (PSD) because it had not taken part in the 2008 and 2012 elections. The party argued that it had stood in 2012 by incorporation into the MPLA's…
- 274/201323 APR 2013
Dissolution of a political party
Case No. 333-D/2013 · Rapp. —The Attorney General applied for a declaration that the União Democrática dos Povos de Angola (UDPA) be dissolved for failing to contest the 2008 and 2012 elections. The party argued that the repeal of the 1992 Constitutional Law…
- 273/201323 APR 2013
Dissolution of a political party
Case No. 331-B/2013 · Rapp. —The Attorney General applied for the dissolution of the Partido Angolano para os Interesses Democráticos (PAID) because it had not taken part in the 2008 and 2012 elections. The party argued that it had stood through the…
- 272/201323 APR 2013
Dissolution of a political party
Case No. 327-B/2013 · Rapp. —The Attorney General applied for a judicial declaration dissolving the Angolan Democratic Convergence Party (PCDA), arguing that it had taken part neither in the 2008 legislative elections nor in the 2012 elections. The party…
- 271/201323 APR 2013
Dissolution of a political party
Case No. 321-C/2013 · Rapp. —The Attorney General applied for the dissolution of the União Nacional para Democracia e Progresso (UNDP) party, which had not taken part in either the 2008 or the 2012 elections. The party admitted its non-participation,…
- 269/201323 APR 2013
Dissolution of a political party
Case No. 380-C/2013 · Rapp. —The Attorney General applied for a declaration that the Social Liberal Party (PSL) be dissolved; it had contested the 2012 general elections within the New Democracy Electoral Union coalition and obtained 0.23% of the valid…
- 268/201323 APR 2013
Dissolution of a political party
Case No. 377-C/2013 · Rapp. —The Attorney General applied for a declaration dissolving the Partido Nacional Democrático de Angola (PNDA), which had stood in the 2012 general elections as part of the FUMA coalition, obtaining 0.14% of valid votes. The Court…
- 267/201323 APR 2013
Dissolution of a political party
Case No. 377-C/2013 · Rapp. —The Attorney General applied for a declaration dissolving the Partido Nacional Democrático de Angola (PNDA), which had contested the 2012 general elections within the FUMA coalition and obtained 0.14% of the valid votes. Once…
- 266/201323 APR 2013
Dissolution of a political party
Case No. 376-C/2013 · Rapp. —The Attorney General applied for a judicial declaration dissolving the Partido de Expressão Livre Angolano (PELA), which stood in the 2012 general elections as part of the FUMA coalition and obtained 0.14% of the valid votes. The…
- 265/201323 APR 2013
Dissolution of a political party
Case No. 375-B/2013 · Rapp. —The Attorney General applied for a judicial declaration dissolving the party União Angolana pela Paz, Democracia e Desenvolvimento (UAPDD), which had stood in the 2012 general elections as part of the Nova Democracia União…
- 264/201323 APR 2013
Dissolution of a political party
Case No. 374-A/2013 · Rapp. —The Attorney General applied for the dissolution of the Partido Democrático para o Progresso Social (PDPS), which had stood in the 2012 general elections within the Conselho Político da Oposição (CPO) coalition and obtained only…
- 263/201323 APR 2013
Dissolution of a political party
Case No. 373-D/2013 · Rapp. —The Attorney General applied for the dissolution of the Partido Restaurador da Esperança (PRE – Partido Verde), which had contested the 2012 general elections as part of the Frente Unida para a Mudança de Angola (FUMA) coalition…
- 261/201323 APR 2013
Dissolution of a political party
Case No. 370-A/2013 · Rapp. —The Attorney General applied for a declaration dissolving the Partido Social Independente de Angola (PSIA) for failing to reach 0.5% of the valid votes in the 2012 general elections, which it contested within the Nova Democracia…
- 260/201323 APR 2013
Dissolution of a political party
Case No. 369-D/2013 · Rapp. —The Attorney General applied for the dissolution of the União Nacional para a Democracia (UND), which had contested the 2012 general elections within the Nova Democracia União Eleitoral coalition and obtained 0.23% of the valid…
- 259/201323 APR 2013
Dissolution of a political party
Case No. 368-C/2013 · Rapp. —The Attorney General applied for the dissolution of the party Aliança para a Democracia dos Povos de Angola (ADPA), which ran in the 2012 general elections within the coalition Conselho Político da Oposição, obtaining 0.11% of…
- 258/201323 APR 2013
Dissolution of a political party
Case No. 367-B/2013 · Rapp. —The Attorney General applied for the dissolution of the Partido de Convergência Nacional (PCN), which had obtained 0.11% of the valid votes in the 2012 general elections as part of the coalition Conselho Político da Oposição…
- 257/201323 APR 2013
Dissolution of a political party
Case No. 366-A/2013 · Rapp. —The Attorney General applied for a judicial declaration dissolving the Partido Popular para o Desenvolvimento (PAPOD), which had obtained 0.15% of the valid votes in the general elections of 31 August 2012. The Court granted the…
- 254/201323 APR 2013
Dissolution of a political party
Case No. 362-A/2013 · Rapp. —The Attorney General applied for a judicial declaration dissolving the Angolan Social Development Party (PADS), arguing that, in the 2012 general elections, as part of the Opposition Political Council (CPO) coalition, it had…
- 253/201323 APR 2013
Dissolution of a political party
Case No. 381-D/2013 · Rapp. —The Attorney General applied for the dissolution of the Movimento para Democracia de Angola (MPDA) party, which, as part of the Nova Democracia coalition, obtained 0.23% of the votes in the 2012 general elections. The party cited…
- 252/201323 APR 2013
Dissolution of a political party
Case No. 365-D/2013 · Rapp. —The Attorney General applied for a declaration that the Democratic Front of Angola Party (PFDA) be dissolved; it had contested the 2012 general elections within the FUMA coalition and obtained 0.14% of the valid votes. The party…
- 251/201323 APR 2013
Dissolution of a political party
Case No. 329-D/2013 · Rapp. —The Attorney General applied for a declaration dissolving the Partido de Massas Democrático (PMD), which had not taken part in the 2008 or 2012 elections. The Court found it proven that the party had failed to stand in two…
- 250/201318 APR 2013
Dissolution of a political party
Case No. 379-B/2013 · Rapp. —The Attorney General applied for a declaration dissolving the party Aliança Nacional e Independente de Angola (ANIA), which had contested the 2012 general elections within the Nova Democracia União Eleitoral coalition and…
- 249/201318 APR 2013
Dissolution of a political party
Case No. 357-D/2013 · Rapp. —The Attorney General applied for a judicial declaration dissolving the Aliança Democrática Angolana Cristã (ADAC) party for failing to stand in the 2008 legislative elections and the 2012 elections. The party did not respond. The…
- 248/201318 APR 2013
Dissolution of a political party
Case No. 322-A/2013 · Rapp. —The Attorney General applied for a judicial declaration dissolving the Partido Republicano Conservador de Angola (PRCA) because it had not taken part in the 2008 legislative elections or the 2012 general elections. The party…
- 247/201318 APR 2013
Dissolution of a political party
Case No. 317-D/2013 · Rapp. —The Attorney General applied for the dissolution of the Partido Social Democrático Angolano (PSDA) because it had not taken part in the 2008 and 2012 elections. The party objected, citing the signature requirement and unequal…
- 246/201318 APR 2013
Dissolution of a political party
Case No. 360-C/2013 · Rapp. —The Attorney General applied for the dissolution of the Partido Angolano Conservador da Identidade Africana (PACIA) because it had not taken part in the 2008 and 2012 elections. The party argued that only the 2012 elections, held…
- 244/201317 APR 2013
Dissolution of a political party
Case No. 334-A/2013 · Rapp. —The Attorney General applied for a declaration dissolving the party Movimento de Defesa dos Interesses de Angola – Partido de Consciência Nacional (MDIA-PCN) for failing to take part in two consecutive elections. The Court…
- 243/201317 APR 2013
Dissolution of a political party
Case No. 353-D/2013 · Rapp. —The Attorney General applied for the dissolution of the Partido Socialista Angolano (PSA) for failing to take part in two consecutive legislative elections (2008 and 2012). The party argued that the 2010 Constitution restarted…
- 242/201317 APR 2013
Dissolution of a political party
Case No. 356-C/2013 · Rapp. —The Attorney General applied for the dissolution of the party Movimento Patriótico Renovador de Salvação Nacional (MPR-SN) because it had not taken part in the 2008 and 2012 elections. The party argued that the 2010 Constitution…
- 241/201317 APR 2013
Dissolution of a political party
Case No. 324-C/2013 · Rapp. —The Attorney General applied for a declaration that the party Tendência de Reflexão Democrática (TRD) be dissolved for failing to contest the 2008 and 2012 elections. The party argued that its absence in 2012 resulted from the…
- 240/201316 APR 2013
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality
Case No. 218-D/2012 · Rapp. Américo Maria de Morais GarciaThe appellant brought an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against a judgment of the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court that declined to hear his habeas corpus application because the case was before the…
- 239/201309 APR 2013
Appeal to the Plenary
Case No. 308-C/2013 · Rapp. Maria da Imaculada L. da Conceição MeloThe appellant appealed to the Plenary against the order of the President of the Constitutional Court rejecting as out of time his extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against a 2008 judgment of the Civil and…
- 238/201309 APR 2013
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality
Case No. 200-B/2011 · Rapp. Raúl Carlos Vasques AraújoFour citizens lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against a Supreme Court judgment that had declined, for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction, to hear their habeas corpus application based on…
- 237/201309 APR 2013
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality
Case No. 199 -A/2011 · Rapp. Maria Teresinha da Silva LopesThree citizens held in pre-trial detention brought an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against a Supreme Court judgment that, declaring itself without subject-matter jurisdiction, declined to hear their…
- 236/201309 APR 2013
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality
Case No. 195-C/2011 · Rapp. Luzia Bebiana de Almeida SebastiãoTwo appellants, held in pre-trial detention in criminal proceedings, lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against the Supreme Court judgment refusing their habeas corpus application, invoking Article…
- 235/201309 APR 2013
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality
Case No. 215-A/2012 · Rapp. Miguel CorreiaA foreign worker lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against a Supreme Court judgment which, in a dispute over dismissal without just cause, altered the compensation set at first instance. He alleged…
- 245/201308 FEB 2013
Dissolution of a political party
Case No. 349-D/2013 · Rapp. —The Attorney General applied for the dissolution of the Angolan Communist Community Party (PCCA) for failing to take part in the 2008 and 2012 elections. The party argued that the 2010 Political Parties Law could not apply…
- 234/201307 FEB 2013
Unspecified interim measure
Case No. 311-B/2013 · Rapp. Maria Teresinha da Silva LopesThe Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola (FNLA) sought an unspecified interim measure to prevent accreditation of the founding committee of a prospective party called UPA, arguing that the name forms part of its historical…
- 233/201306 FEB 2013
Abstract subsequent review
Case No. 307-B/2012 · Rapp. Raúl Carlos Vasques AraújoThe Parliamentary Group of the CASA-CE coalition sought subsequent review of the constitutionality of Presidential Decree No. 48/11, which created the Oil Fund, and of the decrees amending it, alleging encroachment on the…