Ernesto Muangala was speaking in Cafunfo, before more than 500 people, including members of the Executive and ecclesiastical authorities, police officers, sobas and locals, who gathered in the 4 de Abril room to reflect on the events of 30 January.
Versions differ about whether it was an attack on the police station in an act of armed rebellion or massacre of protesters, as well as the number of deaths, which vary between the six counted by the police authorities and the nearly twenty reported by activists, members of society opposition parties.
Opening the days organized by Ufolo - Study Center for Good Governance, in partnership with the General Command of the National Police, with a speech centered on unity and calls for reconciliation, Ernesto Muangala focused on defending security as a basic need of the human being and an essential condition for the exercise of rights.
"We all carry marks in our hearts, furrowed by armed conflicts", stressed the head of Lunda Norte, stressing that "the practice of all acts that attempt against national security and sovereignty, against the Constitution and against the law" must be discouraged " .
Defending a "one and indivisible Angola", Ernesto Muangala's speech received applause from the audience present at times, but it also generated discordant buzz at times, in particular when talking about diamond revenues, Executive actions at the level infrastructure and works on the road that will connect Cafunfo to the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, "whose work will start tomorrow [Wednesday]".
The governor of Lunda Norte stated that the claims and pretensions contrary to the interests of Angola "will never have support in the historical past or in the traditions of Angolans" and spoke about the development of the province, listing several works.
"It does not seem fair to us to claim that the Executive has not planned the development for our province", he underlined.
He stressed that the change can only be made "with the force of dialogue", mainly targeting those who have called for violence to promote their ends, in an allusion to the Lunda Tchokwe Protectorate Movement, which the Government is responsible for the "act of rebellion" of January 30.
"We are currently in pain for what happened in these lands," continued the governor, calling for reconciliation, dialogue and the fight against asymmetries.
"Do not oppose resistance to reconciliation", he emphasized, addressing the people of Cafunfo present in the room, affirming that "it is time to heal wounds" and open up to coexistence.
The sessions on Citizenship and Public Security, organized by Ufolo - Study Center for Good Governance, in partnership with the General Command of the National Province, continue with interventions by Father Celestino Epalanga, president of the Catholic Church's Justice and Peace Commission, subcommittee António Pinduka Melo Marques, deputy director of the Practical Police School and Lúcia Silveira, defender of human rights.
In the afternoon, the socio-economic situation in the diamond region of the Lundas will be debated, with the participation of Mwatchissengue wa Tembo, the highest traditional authority of the Lundas, the economist Yuri Quixina and a representative of the mining industry.
The journeys end on Wednesday with a panel in which testimonies from local religious leaders, participants and witnesses to the incident and family members of the victims will be heard.
