Africa-Press – Angola. The President of the Republic, João Lourenço, said this Tuesday, in Luanda, that Angola must permanently pay particular attention to the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA), in order to guarantee its defense and security.
According to João Lourenço, who was speaking at the swearing-in ceremony of the military leaders, it is in peacetime that the best conditions exist for any State to prepare and prevent.
“It is in peace that we must seek to develop and strengthen our armed forces”, defended the Commander-in-Chief of the FAA, for whom the movement of military leaders and commands is a necessary process.
In this way, he defended that the concern for national security should not only be in wartime, but also in an era of peace.
“We went looking for general officers with an enviable, well-known service record, whom the homeland not only thanks, but recognizes”, he said, about those sworn in.
He said that, for the first time, the government in the country tried to comply with the law, through the rotation of the heads of the FAA.
“Until the present date, the leadership of the FAA has always been entrusted to an Army general”, recalled the Head of State, mentioning that the Angolan Armed Forces are made up of three military branches, namely the Army, Air Force and Navy.
In this sense, João Lourenço promised to continue with this experience of rotation.
“The time will come, one day, for the Armed Forces to be headed by an Admiral of the Navy and, in this way, justice will be done, because it is not only the Army personnel that defend the country, but all, together, in a coordinated way contribute to national security”, he underlined.
In the main hall of the Presidential Palace, João Lourenço swore in the new head of the General Staff of the Angolan Armed Forces, aviation general Altino Carlos José dos Santos, and the head of the Deputy General Staff for Operational Area and Development, general Artur Santos Vinama.
FAA Priorities
In brief statements to the press, the new head of the General Staff of the FAA, Altino Carlos José dos Santos, pointed out as a priority the restructuring and modernization of the three branches of the Angolan Armed Forces, whose process, which started in 2018, will end in 2028.
The implementation of programs related to the formation of the effective, the creation of more infrastructures and the modernization of the military technique are part of the mentioned process, according to Altino dos Santos, who replaces, in the position, the General of the Army, Egídio de Sousa Santos.
Generals João Serafim Kiteculo were also sworn in as commander of the Army, Virgílio António da Cunha Pinto, commander of the National Air Force, Gouveia João de Sá Miranda, inspector general of National Defense, and Sequeira João Lourenço, deputy head of the President’s Military House. of the Republic.
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