At stake is a measure announced on Monday night by the government of the province of Luanda that prohibited the holding of shows, religious activities and parties, without authorization, in residential areas and public and open places due to noise complaints.
"It's one of those measures without weighting, without listening, without listening, I think they should bring together the professional class, some recognized professionals, as consultants, as interlocutors of the Luanda government, listen to them, the pros and cons, what is the the best way to mitigate this is to respect residential areas, to respect people who are sleeping", said Kayaya Júnior, speaking to Lusa.
According to the events manager, "the measure in itself is not bad", but it was taken hastily, given the fact that Luanda has mostly open spaces for events.
"Because without creating conditions for carrying out these activities, I think we are putting the cart before the horse, that is my opinion. Now let's see how this will happen or how they will be able to monitor and supervise this measure, because I think it is one of those measures that are applied, but they are not put into practice in their entirety", he stressed.
For Kayaya Júnior, implementing such a measure "is a very big challenge, because all the areas where events are held in Angola are within a residential area" and Luanda "does not have a city of entertainment".
"So, I think they should first create policies for everyone, when I say everyone, I mean everyone, because when political activities happen with absolute certainty that they will not look at these restrictions", he stressed, reiterating that it is necessary to create "policies that serve everyone."
"We cannot prohibit radically, we must create policies for everyone to comply with and I think that is where this measure fails, but let's wait and see", he added.
According to Kayaya Júnior, in a conversation with other colleagues in the area, he realized that among the professionals "no one was contacted, no one received a notification, no one was approached to, at least, carry out an examination, whether the measure is relevant now, if not , what should we do, no!"
"This is one of those things that is decided like this, it falls like rain, a storm on all of us like that suddenly", he said, recalling that essentially the ballrooms that receive weddings "will resent" because they are integrated in residential areas.
The professional in the area proposes that rules be established for outdoor events, such as a timetable for activities, for example.
"The event starts at X o'clock and ends at X, after this time the decibels have to drop, they have to adapt to the urban area of residences, but at the same time conditions should have been created first for the organization and realization of this type of events", argued, reiterating that "the city of Luanda needs to have rules for everyone".
The event producer adds that these measures, even if they are relevant, if taken incorrectly, they will end up becoming unpopular.
"Because they were not considered, they were not equated, nobody listened to the class, nobody listened to the sector and it is more of the same if we look and see the history, these measures always end up falling a bit suddenly", he stressed.
The GPL mentions, in a statement, that it has received denouncements and complaints from residents due to noise pollution resulting from cultural and recreational events held in residential areas.
