Africa-Press – Angola. Several acts of pillage and vandalism of public and private properties were reported on Monday in Luanda province following the taxi drivers’ strike scheduled from the 28 to 31st of July.
The taxi drivers paralyzed their services in the early hours of the morning, in protest against the rising price of diesel and the tariff of public transport.
Following the strike, convened by the Angola National Association of Taxi drivers, several unidentified people piled warehouses, supermarkets and blocked roads with tires and containers.
According to the National Police spokesman, Mateus Rodrigues, tranquility is being replaced gradually throughout the capital city.
At a press conference, he stressed that “several people were arrested by subversion to order”, but he did not specify the exact number of individuals involved or detained.
“We vehemently disapprove of the invasion of shops and appeal to the citizens involved in these acts to stop urgently. The National Police are resorting to all technical and human means to establish legality”, he said.
The diesel price in Angola has been readjusted to 33%, from 300 to 400 kwanzas on July 4th, as part of the gradual process of removal of fuel subsidies carried out by the government.
Following these changes, public transport rates were also readjusted three days later, to 300, compared to the 200 kwanzas, while the bus trip went from 150 to 200 kwanzas.
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