Huambo – MPLA president João Lourenço appealed to his party for a massive vote in the August elections, to ensure the continuity of solving the population's problems.
The leader of the ruling party in Angola launched the appeal at the mass rally held in central Huambo province, as part of his two-day visit started Friday to the region.
João Lourenço stressed the need to carry on the construction of ongoing projects so that, in the next term, "his government can do much more than what is being done now".
He promised more work in the near future on building more schools, hospitals, housing, provide more energy and clean water for populations, for industries, as well as offering more jobs.
Also, President of the Republic, João Lourenço added that the Executive is working to give more space to the private sector, making it the main responsible not only for the production of goods and services, but also responsible for the supply of jobs.
He informed that since 2018, the Angolan Executive has generated 430,000 jobs in different sectors of the economy.
According to the MPLA leader, through the Informal Economy Reconversion Programme (PREI), about 155,000 Angolans left the informal economy, moving to the formal economy, thus managing to earn a living and their daily bread in a more decent way.
He also highlighted the gains of the Programme for Supporting Production, Diversification of Exports and Substitution of Imports (PRODESI) and the Action Plan for the Promotion of Employability (PAPE).
He mentioned that during the last four years the Executive has guaranteed technical-professional training to just over 260,000 citizens, mostly young people, and launched them into the job market.
Public service salary increase
To reduce the cost of living and increase the purchasing power of citizens, João Lourenço recalled that the State reduced the Value Added Tax (VAT) from 14 to 7 percent, as well as increased the value of the minimum wage and the salary of Public function.
Fighting price speculators
During his speech, the leader of the MPLA said that the Executive stormed the price speculators in an intelligent way, guaranteeing a Strategic Food Reserve, that is, guaranteeing a greater supply of essential goods with prices controlled by the Executive, which forced speculators to lower prices.
refineries
He announced that, starting this year, the country will start producing 30,000 barrels a day of oil transformed into diesel, gasoline and other refined products.
He also announced the start-up, in 2025, of the Soyo Refinery, which will refine at least 100,000 barrels of crude oil per day, and the increase in the production capacity of the Luanda Refinery.
In 2025, the country will be producing at least 160,000 barrels of crude oil, being 60,000 in Cabinda and 100,000 in Soyo, revealed the President of the Republic.
Huambo Stadium
The MPLA leader ended his speech with the announcement of the construction of a football stadium in Huambo province.
"Huambo has a football tradition, we all know the great glories of football in this province", he concluded.
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