Is This Going to Be a Rigged Election in Angola?

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The recent rise in the oil prices probably helped with prealection spending to provide a sweetner to voters. The constitutional cort is packed with pretty pliant judges, and they've made life pretty tough for the opposition. For the opposition, the m p l a remains a pretty formidable force, and i think an upsetas is not particularly likely.

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