Africa-Press – Angola. The activity of the President of the Republic, João Lourenço, in the political, social and diplomatic domains dominated the political news this week.
In addition to the inauguration of the General Hospital of Viana Bispo Emílio de Carvalho and the visit to the works of the Luanda technology park, João Lourenço inaugurated the new secretaries of State for Justice, Osvaldo Amaro, and for Local Authorities, Fernando Manuel, as well as the Secretary of the President of the Republic for Social Affairs, Marinela Laureano.
The Head of State received a special envoy from his Kenyan counterpart, William Ruto, with whom he discussed issues related to the peace process in South Sudan.
He spoke on the phone with Luís Montenegro, sworn in last week as head of the XXIV Constitutional Government of Portugal, about the prospects for bilateral cooperation.
He spoke about demining with the British Minister of State for Climate, Food Security and Rural Development, Richard Benyon, and conveyed condolences to his Mozambican counterpart for the shipwreck that killed dozens of citizens in the province of Nampula.
João Lourenço received farewell greetings from the ambassadors of Venezuela, Marlon Labrador, and Zambia, Lawrence Chalungumana.
Last week, the president of the National Assembly, Carolina Cerqueira, met with the ambassadors of China, Zhang Bin, and Norway, Bjornar Dahl Hotvedt, with whom she discussed matters of common interest.
Also noteworthy was the condemnation by the National Assembly (AN) of the incident that occurred in the commune of Longa, municipality of Cuito Cuanavale (Cuando Cubango), where a UNITA delegation suffered an attack perpetrated by alleged criminals, causing injuries and material damage and urged for the promotion of peaceful coexistence, social peace and the precepts of the democratic State and the rule of law.
This week, deputy Luísa Damião led a delegation to the VIII International Parliamentary Conference on the Implementation of the Action Program for Population and Development (CIPD), held in Oslo, Norway.
The president of the Supreme Court, Joel Leonardo, participated in Brasília in the International Seminar Cortes em Conexão, which brought together experts from the international legal community.
It was this week that the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Benin, Oloushegun Adjadi, defended, in an audience granted to the Angolan ambassador, José Bamoquina Zau, in Cotonou, the suppression of visas, to boost economic cooperation between the two countries.
Last week, the general commander of the National Police, Arnaldo Manuel Carlos, urged at the opening of the 2024/25 year of instruction and training of the National Police, in Baía Farta (Benguela), the consolidation of the training quality and professional experiences of the effective, through its involvement in the technical, tactical and technological training process.
The general commissioner added that the corporation still has the challenge of developing courses aimed at career progression, training sub-chiefs, junior officers and superiors, so that they can meet the demands of the positions and functions entrusted to them.
In the week ending, the MPLA began the organic process of mandate renewal assemblies for action committees and district and municipal review conferences, with the MPLA’s first provincial secretary of Luanda, Manuel Homem, recommending the strengthening of the party’s base structures , aiming to better integrate into society and face future challenges.
The draft Organic Law on the Institutionalization of Local Authorities, a UNITA parliamentary initiative, continued to be presented this week in several locations to collect contributions.
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