Vicarious Embarrassment in Popular Imagination

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Vicarious Embarrassment in Popular Imagination
Vicarious Embarrassment in Popular Imagination

By Raúl Diniz

Africa-Press – Angola. However, everyone is aware that lying badly and deceiving poorly is part of the (DNA) of João Lourenço’s MPLA. Yes, it’s true, there is, indeed there always has been, a political agenda behind the exposed falsehood of national reconciliation.

It is also known that the guardian of this much-touted secret agenda is the MPLA, of João Lourenço, president of this political group.

I repeat: the only existing secret agenda has been João Lourenço’s tone since he became aware that the people no longer want the country in the hands of an intolerant and untrustworthy man.

A person who systematically uses the words “national pacification” in all pronouncements, shifting the burden of political and social destabilization onto others, can only be someone possessing a secret agenda.

Furthermore, one can infer that the president of the MPLA is a liar and truly sinister in his policies.

Today, once again, he shot himself in the foot by expelling Baldir Cônego, a son of Malanje, from the MPLA—simply because the young politician has shown a desire to run for the presidency of the MPLA. Is that a reason to expel a comrade who has carried out critical missions in favor of the regime?This gesture reveals his ambiguous character and also shows an intractable, incomprehensible, truculent, and authoritarian way of being and acting.

As for being an intractable liar, just follow the script of his post-election promises: he has fulfilled absolutely nothing he promised to date.

Where are the 500,000 jobs? Has Benguela already turned into California? Has he fulfilled his super and hyper promises to hold local elections?

So, does a person like the current president of the MPLA deserve to be taken seriously?

Except for the president of CEAST, Bishop Imbamba, nobody in Angola takes seriously what the president of the MPLA says or doesn’t say.

Moreover, the words of the resigning president of the MPLA show the misdirection: he and his nefarious collaborators are all adrift and, consequently, lost on a fictional road. All these speculations are infamous fake news, typical of a party intoxicated by the drug of holding power for power’s sake.

The MPLA lost its identity some time ago; with the arrival of lies within the party, brought by the incompetent, the MPLA has completely lost the right to be in power in 2027.It is important that those who align themselves with the incompetent begin to think about the future of Angola, which does not involve João Lourenço leading the MPLA, much less in the Presidency of the Republic—a place where he should never, under any circumstances, be.

Intelligence must begin to act within the party, because the time of canine obedience is long gone. The behavior of these unimaginable followers of João Lourenço’s playbook should take into account the experiences that some African countries bring us with the mountain of violent constitutional changes. The people no longer want incompetent dictators who, daily, threaten peace and endanger the political and social stability of the country; they also enthrone hereditary corruption at the service of the MPLA leadership to the detriment of public/social well-being.

The Catholic Church will hold the national reconciliation congress; This is where the president of the MPLA, João Lourenço, takes advantage to sell his snake oil, displaying jealousy and anger and trying, in this way, to confuse and create friction among the less attentive public.It’s time for the MPLA to realize that it has completely lost the attention and acceptance of the Angolan people as a whole. It’s time to forget Otília and realize that dystopia has gained relevance in the oral discourse of politics.

Angola belongs to Angolans, not to the MPLA. The party-state has already understood the people’s message; therefore, it’s time to soften the discourse and prepare, together, a transition of political power.

There is no more time to waste on cunning power games that lead us nowhere. The story told by the MPLA about “conscious unity” is a mirage compared to the truth of the expressed reality.

No one in Angola is unaware of this misdirection of national reconciliation preached by the president of the MPLA.

Let it be very clear: distributing medals indiscriminately, mixing traitors and murderers with the former militants—devoid of ethics and morals—is the same as shuffling and dealing loaded cards.

Mr. President, learn from Paul Biya of Cameroon; understand the current misfortunes of the Tanzanian president—they are losing everything because of their twisted minds, their “mixing apples and oranges,” just like the president of the MPLA.

Angola absolutely cannot, under any circumstances, remain in the hands of the MPLA president or his closest acolytes. Angola cannot and will not continue to be treated as if it were the farmland of your grandparents.

If advice were good, it would be sold, not given away. Even so, I dare to give you some advice, pretentious MPLA president: you should get out of this predicament while there’s still time—tomorrow may be too late, not just for you.

National politics is shrouded in uncertainty and dubious certainties; it’s time to turn the page. It’s time to go take care of your children and grandchildren. Around here, Mr. President, nobody needs you—most of the people hate you, sir, and your whole pack of hungry wolves.

Go away and take the rest of your gold diggers with you. With the MPLA out of power, victory belongs to every Angolan, without exception.

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