Africa-Press – Angola. UNITA militants, armed with blunt objects, such as stones, sticks, knives and machetes, set fire to the MPLA Municipal Committee in Sanza Pombo, Uige province, causing serious injuries and the complete destruction of the headquarters, as a result of an apparent crossing between marches of the two political forces in one of the main streets of the municipality.
The party activities, justified as causing the confrontation, were authorized by the Municipal Administration of Sanza Pombo and, at a certain point along the way, they crossed paths, unpreparedly, causing a “brutal clash” between the militants, resulting in the anger of the “faithful” of the UNITA, who, in an uncontrolled act, attacked the MPLA Committee, causing unprecedented damage in recent years in the region.
The MPLA’s first provincial secretary in Uíge, José Carvalho da Rocha, strongly condemned the act of vandalism against the MPLA Municipal Committee in Sanza Pombo, by UNITA militants. UNITA’s provincial secretary, Félix Simão Lucas, acknowledged that such acts “do not help political cohabitation”, having therefore advised UNITA militants and sympathizers to “refrain from reprehensible and dangerous practices, in order to give way to peaceful, democratic and peaceful politics.
The National Police did not make any arrests, but promised to comment in the coming hours.
indignation and revulsion
The nationalist Jorge Valentim, also condemned the act perpetrated by UNITA militants, having questioned if, in 20 years of peace, actions like those produced in Sanza Pombo are still justified in the country. “These acts are reprehensible. They have no reason to exist. And they are against the spirit of national reconciliation, the result of hard work, both on the side of the Government and on the side of UNITA, in the Bicesse and Lusaka agreements, and we we now think that this is an unacceptable provocation”, lamented the nationalist.
Political analyst Manuel Fernades condemns the acts of vandalism carried out by UNITA militants in Sanza Pombo, Uíge province, which caused serious injuries and the destruction of the MPLA Municipal Committee. “We must condemn, as members of this society, the events that took place in Sanza Pombo”, he sentenced . actions like these have been seen in the past and have led us to war.
Milonga Bernardo, another analyst, disapproves of the unacceptable acts. “The acts that took place in the province of Uíge are absolutely reprehensible, repugnant and unacceptable”, he said. .
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