REF: OM/ __ 219 __ /10
LOBITO, 3rd September 2010
LOBITO, 3rd September 2010
C/C: His Excellency the President of the Republic - LUANDA
His Excellency the Secretary of State for Human Rights - LUANDA
His Excellency Mr. Ombudsman - LUANDA
His Excellency the President of the National Assembly - LUANDA
Her Excellency the Minister or Justice - LUANDA
His Excellency UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders - GENEVA
His Excellency, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression - GENEVA
To His Excellency
The Republic’s Attorney-General
L U A N D A
OPEN LETTER: STATEMENT FROM THE POLITICAL BUREAU OF THE MPLA
Best regards.
The organization OMUNGA carefully analysed the statement from the Political Bureau of the MPLA, issued after the party’s regular meeting, which took place on September 3rd, 2010, in Luanda. This statement has been broadly disseminated by every public media body.
The following is an excerpt from the statement: "The Political Bureau took the opportunity to disavow entirely the strategy which has been followed and supported by different foreign institutions, perfectly identified, and organizations and individuals, including national citizens, recruited to serve as wingers, with the ultimate goal of defiling every action carried out by the Executive and of trying to stain, at any cost, the President’s image and the good performance of the Angolan economy, by forging facts and raising permanent suspicions, with the sole purpose of reducing the popular support that it has earned, limiting foreign investment in the country and mitigating the difference in the following elections, trying to defeat the MPLA to hand over power to those that have always served their interests”.
Aware of the strategy conjectured by those organizations and foreign institutions, in conjunction with national organizations and citizens, the Political Bureau urges all militants to stay determined to accomplish the ideals of the MPLA”.
According to the party, there appears to be an involvement of national and international organizations, institutions and individuals, in national destabilization actions without, however, presenting tangible facts, this way fostering an atmosphere of collective suspicion.
On August 11th, 2010, OMUNGA addressed an open letter to the president of the MPLA in which the organization urged the party to adopt tangible measures to stop the militants’ abusive meddling in the lives of the associations. Contrarily, the Political Bureau of the MPLA reacts insultingly to all civil society organizations.
We believe that we all have an interest in developing the country’s pacification process. Accusations such as the ones made in the above statement will only mislay this process and create a climate of threats and fear. This being, we urge His Excellency the Republic’s Attorney-General:
1 – To demand solid clarifications from the MPLA on the content of the party’s statement, specifying facts, names and other details;
2 – To demand that the MPLA makes use of the legal system whenever the party feels injured by any actions carried out by citizens, associations and institutions, national or international, and stops formulating generalized accusations.
OMUNGA believes that building the Nation is everyone’s work and responsibility and, therefore, urges UN Special Rapporteurs on Human Rights Defenders and on Freedom of Opinion and Expression to monitor the progress of this situation in Angola.
We are confident that this subject will be given due importance. Please accept our best regards
José A. M. Patrocínio
General-Coordinator
His Excellency the Secretary of State for Human Rights - LUANDA
His Excellency Mr. Ombudsman - LUANDA
His Excellency the President of the National Assembly - LUANDA
Her Excellency the Minister or Justice - LUANDA
His Excellency UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders - GENEVA
His Excellency, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression - GENEVA
To His Excellency
The Republic’s Attorney-General
L U A N D A
OPEN LETTER: STATEMENT FROM THE POLITICAL BUREAU OF THE MPLA
Best regards.
The organization OMUNGA carefully analysed the statement from the Political Bureau of the MPLA, issued after the party’s regular meeting, which took place on September 3rd, 2010, in Luanda. This statement has been broadly disseminated by every public media body.
The following is an excerpt from the statement: "The Political Bureau took the opportunity to disavow entirely the strategy which has been followed and supported by different foreign institutions, perfectly identified, and organizations and individuals, including national citizens, recruited to serve as wingers, with the ultimate goal of defiling every action carried out by the Executive and of trying to stain, at any cost, the President’s image and the good performance of the Angolan economy, by forging facts and raising permanent suspicions, with the sole purpose of reducing the popular support that it has earned, limiting foreign investment in the country and mitigating the difference in the following elections, trying to defeat the MPLA to hand over power to those that have always served their interests”.
Aware of the strategy conjectured by those organizations and foreign institutions, in conjunction with national organizations and citizens, the Political Bureau urges all militants to stay determined to accomplish the ideals of the MPLA”.
According to the party, there appears to be an involvement of national and international organizations, institutions and individuals, in national destabilization actions without, however, presenting tangible facts, this way fostering an atmosphere of collective suspicion.
On August 11th, 2010, OMUNGA addressed an open letter to the president of the MPLA in which the organization urged the party to adopt tangible measures to stop the militants’ abusive meddling in the lives of the associations. Contrarily, the Political Bureau of the MPLA reacts insultingly to all civil society organizations.
We believe that we all have an interest in developing the country’s pacification process. Accusations such as the ones made in the above statement will only mislay this process and create a climate of threats and fear. This being, we urge His Excellency the Republic’s Attorney-General:
1 – To demand solid clarifications from the MPLA on the content of the party’s statement, specifying facts, names and other details;
2 – To demand that the MPLA makes use of the legal system whenever the party feels injured by any actions carried out by citizens, associations and institutions, national or international, and stops formulating generalized accusations.
OMUNGA believes that building the Nation is everyone’s work and responsibility and, therefore, urges UN Special Rapporteurs on Human Rights Defenders and on Freedom of Opinion and Expression to monitor the progress of this situation in Angola.
We are confident that this subject will be given due importance. Please accept our best regards
José A. M. Patrocínio
General-Coordinator
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