Africa-Press – Cape verde. The Minister of Health, Arlindo do Rosário, announced this Friday that he will leave the Government to exercise the post of ambassador of Cape Verde to China, thus confirming the news advanced, first-hand, in the weekly edition of newspaper A NAÇÃO no 773 of last July 26th.
Approached during the opening, Friday, 14th, of the new X-ray room at Hospital Ramiro Figueira, in Sal, Arlindo do Rosário confessed to being moved to be stepping down as Minister of Health to face new challenges
The head of the Health portfolio stated that he leaves the functions with a feeling of pride and of having “tried to do everything possible”, laying a stone for the improvement of this “great building” that is the Ministry of Health.
“I feel proud and honored to have had this opportunity given to me by the Prime Minister to direct the ministry, the health professionals, who have done an extraordinary job, with a lot of selflessness, for the development of Cape Verde” , externalized
As A NAÇÃO advanced in its weekly edition of 26 July, Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva (UCS) had already accepted the resignation of the Minister of Health, who had long wanted to leave the Government, after a very intense and stressful caused by the covid-19 pandemic.
The Nation had also advanced that, if his departure from the Government was confirmed, Arlindo do Rosário, who is a deputy elected by the Santo Antão constituency, would not return to Parliament since he was already reserved for the position of ambassador of Cape Verde in Beijing. , in China, vacant since late 2020, with the exoneration of Tânia Romualdo from the mission in that Asian country.
New challenge
Arlindo do Rosário, who has been in the government for six years, says he embraces the new challenge with “the same passion and sense of responsibility”, to make his contribution to Cape Verde in whatever way possible.
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