Luanda - The National Assembly is meeting today to elect former prime-minister. António Paulo Kassoma, as new parliament speaker, replacing Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos, sworn in Monday Angola's vice-president, under the country's new Constitution proclaimed Friday.

Other two MPs left the parliament to join the government namely  the former leader of the ruling MPLA parliamentary bench, Bornito de Sousa, sworn in minister of territorial administration, and Carolina Cerqueira, the new Social Communication minister. 

Bornito de Sousa replaces in the cabinet Virgílio de Fontes Pereira, who is joining the parliament together with Higino Carneiro, former Public Works minister, Aníbal Rocha, ex-governor of  far northern Cabinda province, Joaquim dos Reis Jr, former secretary of the cabinet council and Salomão Luketo Xirimbimbi, former fisheries minister.