Moxico Leste: The Head of State, Joo Louren§o, declared in Moxico Leste that all actions taken by the government are directed toward the well-being of the people. "My boss is the people," the president said during a moment of greeting with the population of Moxico Leste, at the end of his working visit to this province, resulting from the new administrative division of the country.
According to Angola Press News Agency, Louren§o recalled that when the decision was made to create more provinces, it was precisely to solve the problems of the people, as the founder of the nation, Agostinho Neto, had always advocated. However, the president noted, there were political forces that opposed this and did everything they could in parliament, in the media, and on social media to discourage the government from bringing this development to these remote lands.
"If we were weak in spirit and followed the path they were leading us down, this development would never have happened. We told them to get lost, because between them and the people, the most important thing is the people," Louren§o said, explaining that the government's mission is to satisfy the aspirations of the people and not those of people with opposing views.
The president emphasized that the people are the ones to be satisfied, not the handful of people who pretend to be defenders of the people. He stated that in practice, their attitudes and speeches only hold back progress. "Everything that is good for the people is bad for them. They always find an argument. No, that's spending money unnecessarily."
He further engaged with the crowd, asking, "So, with the energy you already have at night, do you think the government shouldn't spend money so you can have energy?" which was met with loud applause. "So, let's spend whatever money is necessary to solve the people's problems," he emphasized.
Regarding Moxico-Leste, the Head of State stated that "tomorrow's Cazombo will be much better than today's," as development will be brought to the city.
The president pledged the government's commitment to the development of the three new provinces resulting from the new administrative division five months ago since the territories of these new provinces are very far from the previous capitals. "The territory of Cuando is very far from the previous capital, Menongue. Similarly, these municipalities of Luacano, Luau, Alto Zambeze, and others, especially those on the border with Zambia, are also very far from the previous capital, Luena," he recalled.
This situation, the president explained, made it difficult to bring development to these localities, which ended up being more or less forgotten. Louren§o said that it was decided, regardless of the costs involved in building these new provinces, that the time has come to take this step to bring development to these remote regions, which in the past, in the case of the former Cuando Cubango, were even called "lands at the end of the world."
"Therefore, they are not lands at the end of the world, but due to the great distances from the previous provincial capitals, development was slow to reach these locations," the president said.
