LUANDA (Reuters) - Angola's largest opposition party UNITA said on Monday it accepted the results of the country's parliamentary election, which showed the ruling MPLA party winning a landslide victory.
"The leadership of UNITA accepts the results of theelection and congratulates the MPLA," UNITA leader IsaiasSamakuva said.
With nearly 80 of the vote counted from the two-day poll,the MPLA was winning about 82 percent of the vote versus justover 10 percent for UNITA, the former rebel group and largestopposition party in the oil-rich nation.
Based on these results, the MPLA (Popular Movement for theLiberation of Angola), in power since independence fromPortugal, was leading in all 18 provinces. It was within reachof a coveted two thirds of the 220-seat parliament, giving itthe power to change the constitution.
