By Rafael Morais
Africa-Press – Angola. On July 1, 2025, an article published by Club K, titled “Cama Administrator Says She Is ‘Unable’ to Resolve Land Dispute Involving Regime Figures” , shocked and deeply angered any citizen who still believes in the rule of law in Angola.
The article, if true, exposes more than a simple land dispute. It exposes the complete dismantling of state authority, the collapse of institutions, and the dangerous substitution of legality for partisan expediency. It reveals that, even with documentary confirmation of the peasants’ legal title, the public administration appears powerless or complicit when interests clash with those linked to political power.
The Camama Administrator’s attitude is, to say the least, scandalous. Instead of referring the case to the appropriate institutions, such as the Public Prosecutor’s Office or the courts, she instructs the municipal secretary of the OMA (Angolan Women’s Organization), a women’s organization within the MPLA (Brazilian Socialist Party), to review the documents submitted by the farmers. But since when has it been the responsibility of a political organization, no matter how respectable, to mediate or adjudicate land disputes?
This attitude represents not only a dangerous confusion between the party and the state, but also a humiliation for thousands of peasants who live off the land and who, even with legitimate documents, are unable to protect their assets from a predatory, arrogant and untouchable elite.
Our question is, where is the Attorney General’s Office in this case? Are the district courts aware of the conflict? Or is it that, in Angola, justice only acts upon orders from above? And if so, who really governs this country?
It’s fair to say that the Camama Administration has just signed a public declaration of incapacity and bias. When local authorities declare themselves powerless in the face of criminals with connections to the top of the Executive or the Central Committee of the ruling party, then there’s no doubt that we’re dealing with a state captured by political mafias.
The Angolan people, and especially the peasants of Camama, don’t need favors, but justice. They need legal certainty, respect for their property, and guarantees that the state works for everyone, not just those in power.
If the Municipal Administration cannot protect the rights of those who are legally entitled, then it is useless. If the courts fail to act on crimes committed by figures of the regime, then they are compromised. And if the State continues to confuse political parties with public institutions, then it is dangerously heading towards moral and institutional bankruptcy.
Return the land to the peasants. Stop feeding the rotten pride of those who believe they are above the law. The people have already understood: when justice fails to protect the weak and fears the powerful, it becomes an accomplice to criminals.
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