Africa-Press – Angola. The approval, in general, of the General State Budget Proposal (OGE) for the 2024 economic year, by the National Assembly (AN), marked the last seven days of political news.
The diploma, presented by the Minister of Finance, Vera Daves, was approved with 111 votes in favor (MPLA, PHA and PRS/FNLA) and 74 votes against (UNITA) and no abstentions, at the First Ordinary Plenary Meeting of the 2nd Legislative Session of the Fifth Legislature of AN.
The proposed General State Budget (OGE) for 2024, which foresees a salary increase in the public sector of around 5 percent, includes estimated revenues of 24 billion Kwanzas and expenses set at the same amount.
In the same way, growth of 2.8 percent is estimated in 2024, essentially anchored by the non-oil sector, which is expected to grow 4.6 percent and a decrease in the oil sector with 2.6 percent.
In his message to Parliament before approval, the Holder of the Executive Branch, João Lourenço, states that the proposal pays special attention to reducing social inequalities and protecting the income of families and workers.
Read by the Minister of State for Economic Coordination, José de Lima Massano, the communication indicated that the OGE concentrates a 20% weight in the social sector, only surpassed by debt service.
Another highlight falls on the presidential audience, granted to the vice-president of the oil company ExxonMobil, Hunter Ferris, who announced, in the second half of next year, oil exploration in the Namibe basin.
Speaking to the press, at the end of the meeting with the President of the Republic, João Lourenço, Hunter Farris informed that these were exploration studies to determine the oil potential of the concession area.
The participation of the Vice-President of the Republic, Esperança da Costa, in the “Meeting of Reflection on Pink October Blue November”, where she defended the adoption of urgent measures for prevention, control and universal access to new technologies for the treatment of breast and prostate cancers.
When opening the event, he said that prevention and early detection are fundamental for control, having highlighted that the country faces a major public health challenge with the increase in chronic non-communicable diseases, mainly cancer.
He highlighted that cancer is a public health problem of great global concern, which is why its prevention, early diagnosis and timely treatment constitute a priority in the Angolan Executive’s strategy.
Another highlight was the audience that the president of the National Assembly (AN), Carolina Cerqueira, granted to the Algerian ambassador to Angola, Abdelhakim Mihoubi, with whom she discussed aspects linked to strengthening parliamentary cooperation between the two countries.
Speaking to the press, upon leaving the meeting, the Algerian diplomat said that they had analysed, in particular, the creation of an inter-parliamentary friendship committee, as well as matters relating to a visit to Algeria by the leader of the Angolan House of Laws, which waiting for the beginning of next year.
In general, Abdelhakim Mihoubi considered the relations between the two States to be very good and historic, which he said had existed since the colonial period, and expressed his desire to see them strengthened.
The delivery of the remains of Army general, Eduardo Ernesto Gomes “Bakalof”, victim of the political conflict of May 27, 1977, to his family, by the Commission for Reconciliation in Memory of the Victims of Political Conflicts (CIVICOP), also highlighted the news political.
At the ceremony, presided over by the Minister of Justice and Human Rights, Marcy Lopes, in the presence of members of the Executive and civil society, the Minister of the Interior, Eugénio Laborinho, said that CIVICOP, in coordination with the different subcommittees, has been carry out various actions to locate the victims’ bones and identify and determine their true relatives.
“As occurred in the work previously carried out, in which we delivered the cadaveric remains of general officers Nito Alves, Monstro Imortal and Sianuck, as well as Sergeant Isca, to their respective families, today we are delivering the remains of General Eduardo Ernesto Gomes to the family,” he said.
Emphasis also goes to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Téte António, who expressed optimism regarding the influence and impact that Africa can have on global politics, through the promotion of good governance, good neighborliness, in addition to representing the voice and unity for the Global South .
The head of Angolan diplomacy spoke, in Apia, capital of Samoa, at the signing of a partnership agreement between the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OEACP) and the European Union (EU), which replaces the Agreement on Cotonou.
According to Téte António, signatory of the document on behalf of the Government of Angola, the world is experiencing a multipolar and interconnected moment that is currently witnessing fundamental geopolitical changes and realignments, with implications for all OEACP regions.
It is also relevant to the agreement between Angola and the Democratic Republic (DRC), which agreed, in Luanda, to facilitate the granting of visas to economic operators at border posts, with a view to maintaining the free movement of people, goods, services and capital, between two countries.
In accordance with the recommendations of the second Angola-DRC Economic Forum, which took place from the 13th to the 14th of this month, the facilitation will allow harmonizing import duties and taxes, as well as reducing administrative costs on the Luvo to Cabinda, Noqui to Cabinda and vice versa, in order to facilitate trade.
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