Africa-Press – Angola. The deputy provincial governor of Benguela, Lídia Amaro, called this Friday for greater involvement of society in the implementation of the National Strategy Project for the Prevention and Repression of Corruption (ENAPREC).
The official was speaking on behalf of the provincial governor of Benguela, Luís Nunes, at the ENAPREC presentation ceremony, as part of the national public consultation process.
Lídia Amaro, who is responsible for the Political, Social and Economic sector in the Provincial Government of Benguela, stated that each citizen must be a faithful interlocutor and reproducer in their area of residence, family, professional and friendship circles, of the urgent need to combat corruption, for the sake of future generations.
He considered prevention and repression as important elements for the reduction of corruption rates, bringing as social advantages the construction of schools, hospitals, roads, more water and houses for the populations.
In his opinion, the fight against corruption can also contribute to balance the prices of the basic food basket and social assistance to citizens in a state of vulnerability.
É nesse contexto que a vice-governadora olha para o lançamento do Projecto ENAPREC como um passo importante para fazer valer a autoridade do Estado e expurgar todas “impurezas” que teimam em macular a gestão pública.
O compromisso que o país vem demonstrando desde 2017, na redução e combate aos altos níveis de corrupção e impunidade, mereceu destaque no discurso da responsável, apontando a aprovação do novo Código Penal através da lei 38/20, de 11 de Fevereiro, que veio reforçar os mecanismos de controlo e alargar a moldura penal aos infractores.
Disse que os resultados estão reflectidos na subida do país nos rankings internacionais sobre a percepção da corrupção, saindo da posição 162 para a 116, o que reforça a necessidade de todos contribuírem nesta senda.
In the field of asset recovery and international cooperation, he underlined that the Angolan State was committed to a more active cooperation and, by way of example, in 2020, Angola issued 98 requests for international exchange in criminal matters against just seven in 2017.
The deputy governor took the opportunity to say that the Government intends, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, to introduce the subject on prevention and fight against corruption in the school curriculum in order to educate children from an early age.
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