Luanda – The ruling MPLA President, João Lourenço, referred Saturday, in Luanda the need for his party’s leadership to be strengthened with people committed to ongoing reforms in the country aimed at creating a true democratic state governed by law.
João Lourenço, who was speaking at the opening session of the 7th MPLA extraordinary congress, said that it is necessary to create a more just society that would give Angolans equal opportunities to fulfill their dreams.
In his speech, President João Lourenço said that the conclave aims to strengthen the unity of the party and reaffirm the leadership of its president, to broaden the composition of the central committee, so as to make it in line with the current conjuncture of society’s moralization, to combat corruption and impunity.
The extraordinary congress also aims to outline strategies towards challenges such as local elections and ensure greater democratic openness and freedom of the press and of thought, expression and demonstration.
