Lourenco's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), which has been in power for nearly half a century, won 51.17% of the vote in the August 24 elections for the National Assembly.
JOHANNESBURG - President Joao Lourenco faces Herculean tasks of fixing Angola's economy and winning over its disillusioned youth as he enters his second term with decimated support, analysts say.
The falloff will hike pressure on Lourenco to deliver on touted economic reforms and will reinvigorate the opposition, Augusto Santana of the non-profit Democracy Works Foundation predicted. Analyst Justin Pearce said that, because of the economic crisis, Lourenco's government had so far not "been able to address the immediate demands from the poor in society".But "there's no quick fix," said the Angola expert at South Africa's Stellenbosch University.
Its charismatic leader Adalberto Costa Junior, 60, has proved popular in urban areas and among youth disaffected with a ruling party many think has run out of ideas.On Tuesday, large numbers of angry onlookers heckled a motorcade of MPLA supporters celebrating the victory in Luanda -- something unthinkable only a few years ago, Santana said.
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