“Politics is a game and as in any game, competition, only teams win whose players or athletes submit themselves to the organization and discipline of the collective, and respect the rules of the game and guidance from the technical committee,” said João Lourenço at the opening of the meeting of the Central Committee of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA).
Without mentioning names, the MPLA leader also highlighted that “no one starts the game without hearing the referee's whistle, no one starts the athletics race without hearing the starting gun, under penalty of being disqualified and harming the team”.
João Lourenço considered that, in full competition, they cannot allow themselves to be distracted “by agendas” that distract from the focus on the need to comply with the National Development Program, to diversify the economy, increase national production, guarantee a greater supply of goods and services, and increase exports and the supply of jobs.
“All our knowledge, talent and energies must be focused on finding better solutions to solve the problems of the Angolan people, there are no general elections in the country anytime soon, as it is not the time established by the Constitution, nor are there any party elections in sight. because the moment established by our statutes has not arrived”, he stressed.
In recent months, intentions have been advanced by candidates for the presidency of the MPLA, such as those of General Higino Carneiro, when João Lourenço is prevented by the Constitution from running for a third term as President of the Republic.
Regarding Angola's 50 years of independence, which will be celebrated on November 11, 2025, the motto for holding an extraordinary MPLA congress in December this year, João Lourenço highlighted that the country should be proud of its history.
According to João Lourenço, in recent years Angola has been improving its reputation and gaining prestige in the international arena, thanks to its dynamic diplomacy, but above all due to the reforms carried out in various areas of the country's political, economic and social life.
The MPLA Central Committee, the body competent to convene the extraordinary congress, which is not elective, and decide its agenda, is meeting this Wednesday to analyze and approve the general bases of the congress and the working committees.
