Day: July 12, 2022

Luanda – Members of the National Assembly on Tuesday in Luanda discussed the criteria for entry into the civil service, focusing on internal and external public tender.

Following the Public Service Basic Law, under debate since Monday (11/07) with interventions from the Secretary of State for Public Administration, Vânio Americano, the parliamentarians unanimously agreed on the fifth chapter of the law, dedicated to this issue.

On the occasion, the Secretary of State elucidated that the admission tender aims at filling vacancies for the category of beginning of the career, and may be internal or external.

The internal tender covers the civil servants that have elevated the academic level, during the course of their work, and has the condition of elevating their category.

“The access tender is destined to fill a vacancy in the next higher category of the same career, being that the transition from one career to another only occurs in the internal competition”, he referred.

About the external tender, Vânio Americano reiterated that it involves citizens without a bond with the organ or service of the Public Administration that triggers the opening of the competition.

Source: Angola Press News Agency

Luanda – Pope Francis has expressed his cordial solidarity with the Angolan authorities over the death of the former President of Angola, José Eduardo dos Santos, which occurred last Friday (08/07), in Barcelona (Spain), due to an illness.

José Eduardo dos Santos, who died aged 79, served as President of the Republic for 38 years, until September 2017, when he was succeeded by the current Head of State, João Lourenço.

The Holy Father expresses his solidarity and remembers the statesman who worked hard to build the motherland.

In his message to President Lourenço, the leader of the Catholic Church asks for consolation for those who mourn the passing of Dos Santos and tireless courage for all those who work for the unity and progress of the nation.

The President of the Republic of Congo, Denis Sassou N’guesso, considers José Eduardo dos Santos a pillar of international political life, namely on the African continent, particularly in the sub-region of Southern Africa.

He highlights the commitment of this leader to the consolidation of peace, stability and national harmony.

He recalled the close and fraternal ties with José Eduardo dos Santos, “whose action is admirably intertwined with Angola’s contemporary history”.

The Russian ambassador in Angola, Vladimir Tararov, sent a message highlighting the former president’s achievements and expressing sorrow for the “great loss.

Angola’s ambassador in Portugal, Carlos Alberto Fonseca, who signed the condolence book opened at the diplomatic mission in Lisbon, spoke of the leader as an unrelenting patriot, a distinguished diplomat and a profound humanist dedicated to the cause of the people.

He recalls that in the most difficult and troubled moments of the country’s history, the former President knew how to preserve and affirm national sovereignty in the concert of Nations.

Angola’s ambassador in the Federal Republic of Brazil, Florêncio de Almeida, talks about Dos Santos’ participation in the fight against colonialism, the conquest of independence, the consolidation of peace, the country’s affirmation in the context of nations, the establishment of multi-party democracy, reconciliation and national unity, as well as in reconstruction and in economic and social development.

Source: Angola Press News Agency

Luanda – The Financial Information Unit (UIF) authorised, in 2021, the blocking of 31 operations suspected of money laundering worth 102.52 billion kwanzas and another 4.24 billion euros.

According to the 2021 annual report of the UIF, to which ANGOP had access, the operations were blocked upon previous requests from entities.

Also according to the document, over 50 percent of the referred requests were confirmed to have been homologated by the competent body that opened the respective investigation processes.

During 2021, the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) recorded an increase of more than 350, from a total of 858.

A slight reduction was similarly recorded in Designated Person Identification Declarations (DIPD), with a total of six, less one compared to 2020.

The Financial Intelligence Unit reports having handled 59% of the communications received, through dissemination made to competent bodies.

During the period in question, the UIF received 49 spontaneous communications from national institutions and 22 from international entities, with emphasis on countries like Syria, Luxembourg, Singapore, Malta, Bermuda, among others.

Source: Angola Press News Agency

Luanda- The Attorney General’s Office (PGR) on Tuesday confirmed the charges against generals Manuel Hélder Vieira Dias Júnior “Kopelipa” and Leopoldino Fragoso do Nascimento “Dino”, as part of the China International Fund (CIF) case.

According to Rádio Nacional de Angola (RNA), which provided the information, generals “Kopelipa” and “Dino” had been made defendants in October 2020.

The generals are accused of benefiting from contracts concluded between the Angolan State and the CIF, under the now defunct National Reconstruction Office (GRN).

Among other projects, CIF owned, in Luanda, two towers located in the street of the 1st Congress of the MPLA, in Ingombotas, and more than a thousand unfinished buildings built with public funds, in the Urban District of Zango, also in the country’s capital.

Source: Angola Press News Agency