As an independent, he chose cabinet members from widely divergent political parties and positions, including members of the then center-left Popular Democratic Party, the Socialist Party and even the Portuguese Communist Party and the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) officers.
His name was referred several times as potential candidate to General Secretary of the Communist Party, but he always stated he was not interested in the office.
Among these critics of the regime were many elements of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP).
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Angolan Communist Party (in Portuguese: Partido Comunista Angolano) was an underground political party in Portuguese Angola (during the Estado Novo regime), founded in October 1955, under influence from the Portuguese Communist Party.