Cape Verde’s prime minister declared victory Sunday after near-complete results in legislative elections released overnight results showed his party on course to win.
In power since 2016, the 58-year-old head of government, Ulisses Correia e Silva had had claimed before the press his victory, stating it was a great victory, the victory of Cape Verde.
His party, the Movement for Democracy (MpD), won 36 of the 72 seats in the National Assembly, according to the results of the national electoral commission, which covered almost 98.2 percent of the polling stations.
The party, which had 40 elected members in the outgoing assembly, can expect to win at least 37 deputies, synonymous with an absolute majority, when the results of the last three diaspora seats still to be counted are known.
On the other hand, Janira Hopffer Almada’s PAICV (socialist), which has 29 seats, as in 2016, loses her bid to bring the historic left-wing formation back to power and become the first woman to head the government of the former Portuguese colony.
Acknowledging her defeat before her supporters, Hopffer Almada congratulated the outgoing prime minister and announced her forthcoming resignation from the leadership of her party, of which she had become the first woman to assume the presidency in 2014.
To boost the economy, both leading candidates have promised to provide vaccinations to a large part of the population and to diversify the country’s income.
Ulisses Correia e Silva, who has a modern, grassroots image, had the added advantage of more experience than his opponent.
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