premise: Despite signs of ongoing distrust, the remaining difficulties were ostensibly swept away by Tuesday's vote which gave Savimbi the right to regular consultations with the president and members of the government and the right to publish messages in the official press.
  Several deputies from the ruling MPLA have criticised the "excessive powers" granted to Savimbi although they followed the party's advice to approve the law.
  A UN source said the situation would only fully return to normal after the next general elections are held in two or three years time.
  Political commentators in Luanda further stressed that UNITA's return to political life would not be a miracle solution to the problems of a country devastated by a war which caused some 500,000 deaths, thousands of injuries, and ruined its industry and agriculture.
  However, it could accelerate the implementation of other terms of the peace accords, such as the formation of a new 90,000-strong army, including 23,600 from UNITA and the demobilisation of some 100,000 troops.
   According to a UN sourse, how would the situation return to normal?
hypothesis: it could accelerate the implementation of other terms of the peace accords