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Benedito Daniel re-elected as leader of the Social Renewal Party

Benedito Daniel was re-elected as leader of the Social Renewal Party (PRS), the third political force in Angola, for a second term, which aims to dedicate itself to unity among members and progress of this party structure.

: Opaís
Opaís  

With 671 votes in favour, 303 not used, 26 blank and one invalid, the party's 5th congress, which ended on Thursday night, re-elected Benedito Daniel, the only candidate to succeed him, after the withdrawal of candidate Sapalo António due to disagreements.

According to Benedito Daniel, differences are healthy, but when they are taken "beyond reality itself" and are closed "around people" they only harm the party's interests.

"There is no victory without unity and we do not need to invent differences, the ones that exist are already significant enough for all of us and they can distinguish us in unity, this is what is called democracy", he added.

The leader of the PRS acknowledged that internally there are areas that need improvement, so that they can be prepared for the challenges that the future holds, in particular some departments of the secretariat.

"We are now moving towards a new stage, with my reappointment as the new president. I will certainly seek to lead the party with wisdom and vision. This reappointment as leader is a crucial moment. I trust that together we will be able to consolidate our position as the political force that truly promotes social renewal and federalism in our country," he said.

Regarding the situation in the country, Benedito Daniel, elected president of the PRS for the first time in 2017, said that Angolans cannot accept "impoverishment" like the one we have been witnessing.

"We have the right or duty to demand that the Government take measures to return to the welfare state, to recover the effectiveness and responsiveness to which it has always accustomed us," he said.

The 5th congress, held a year late, was marked by disagreements, with one of the candidates submitting a precautionary measure to the Constitutional Court to suspend its implementation, alleging irregularities in the constitution of the national preparatory committee for the congress.

The court granted the precautionary measure, urging the preparatory committee to refrain from holding the congress in April, as had been announced, which ended up taking place this month.

The PRS, founded in 1990, is the only party that emerged at the beginning of multi-party politics in Angola in 1992 that remains in parliament.

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