The President of Angola said that today’s difficulties cannot be compared with the difficulties of wartime

Angolan President João Lourenço said this Thursday that the hardships Angolans are still experiencing cannot be compared to those they experienced during the war, stressing that the government is creating the conditions to reduce inequality and meet greater needs.

In a statement marking the Day of Peace and National Reconciliation, which is celebrated this Thursday, João Lourenço said that 22 years after the end of the war that mourned and tore apart the Angolan nation, citizens are now living “in a completely different reality.”

According to João Lourenço, the normalization of the functioning of republican institutions made it possible to strengthen the foundations of the democratic rule of law, guaranteeing national unity and ensuring the protection of national sovereignty.

The head of state of Angola noted that the restoration of the destroyed infrastructure, the resumption of economic life, and the demining of fields required “gigantic efforts on the part of the government,” and the consequences of this are still reflected in government reports.

João Lourenço also noted the huge investments in drinking water and electricity systems, “which already benefit millions of citizens,” as well as in education and health, “with the construction of countless educational institutions of various levels and research centers, as well as the construction of a significant number of new hospital facilities for throughout the country, many of which are benchmarks.”

“Investing in agriculture and agro-industry as a way to diversify our economy and reduce dependence on oil has attracted the interest of domestic and foreign investors,” he emphasized.

According to the Angolan President, the hardships still being experienced cannot be compared with those experienced during the war, “when hundreds of thousands of people lost their lives and their property, were forced to leave their places of origin and had to survive in difficult conditions introduce”.

“Although inequality persists and many families suffer from great need, we are creating the conditions to reduce it, creating support programs aimed at them and adopting policies aimed at improving the living conditions of the population as a whole,” said João Lourenço, welcoming the opportunity for Angolans to move today “ day and night across the country.”

According to the Angolan head of state, despite the more complex and time-consuming process of pacifying spirits, recovering from the traumas of war and complete national reconciliation, positive results have already been achieved and social harmony today is a victory for everyone. Angolans.

João Lourenço emphasized that improvements are also being seen in the political sphere: normal disputes are resolved in a democratic regime in the courts, with free and regular elections and a parliament that brings together parties of different ideologies and with different political proposals within the framework of the Constitution of the Republic.

“It is therefore not surprising that Angola is an example in Africa, and it is no coincidence that the country is called upon to use its experience in conflict resolution as a mediator in dialogue between warring parties, both in the Great Lakes region and in the Great Lakes region. The region is like Central Africa,” he said.

The Angolan Peace Agreement was signed on April 4, 2002, between the military leadership of the Angolan Armed Forces and the defunct Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola, the former armed wing of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA). following the death in battle of the historical leader of the main opposition party, Jonas Savimbi, ending a 27-year civil war.