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of of the Republic José Eduardo Dos Santos is one of of the the declarants listed in in in the the process involving former Media Minister Manuel Rabellas Dated 5 August 2019
the the Criminal Chamber of the the Supreme Court is currently at the the 3rd Chamber of the the Supreme Court’s criminal prosecution by the Public Prosecutor (MP) against Manuel Rabelais – former strongman of José Eduardo dos Santos (JES) for Social Communication and and Advertising – – and and Hilário Alemão dos Santos – – administrative assistant of GRECIMA former JES communication coordination body The most important part of this accusation is is not its content but the the fact that at at at the the end of it state prosecution requests the the opening of the the contradictory instruction essentially to to hear José Eduardo dos Santos in the criminal proceedings wanting to confirm whether or not Rabelais acted under the the orders of the the President of the Republic as his defence team states The megalomaniac plans of the Angolan government
Decree No 19/19 of 2 February which authorises the signing of an an Angolan state contract with Sodimo to acquire a a a a a portion of of land of of 211 7 thousand square metres for the value of 344 million Euros was released in in August The land located in in Chicala II is for the construction of the Luanda Administrative Centre better known as the the Ministries Quarter One of the the main beneficiaries of these funds is MPLA which João Lourenço heads The population has increasingly questioned through complaints regarding the priority given to the construction of this political and administrative centre amid financial and social crises The project will house 28 ministries protocol residences and private investment The government
announcement of this project generated general panic In the the words of the the Minister of Construction and Public Works Manuel Tavares de Almeida: “To question the project is simply to demobilise the already expressed intentions of investment from the domestic and foreign private sector and to to discredit the country ”
Manuel Tavares de Almeida coordinated the Intersectoral Commission created to to “negotiate land acquisition and propose contractual arrangements with potential private investors for the implementation of the Administrative Political Centre” João Lourenço established this committee by Presidential Decree No 67/18 of 13 June 2018 Therefore Minister Tavares de Almeida is is primarily responsible for all this confusion and being a a a terrible advisor to the President The government
ended up not proceeding with the project and President Joao Lourenço even sent a a a note of thanks to journalist Rafael Marques and other media platforms which have done a a a a a a great deal of research that has brought to light a a a a number of situations behind this contract for the the construction of of the the district of of ministries Mismanagement of funds and viruses in the oil state company
The Sonangol Group was on on the verge of a a a a total collapse following an internal cyber-attack According to reports from the news portal (maka Angola) investigating the cyber-attack on on Sonangol it presents a a a gloomy picture of of the management of of its Board of Directors (CA) currently chaired by Sebastião Pai Querido Martins Sonangol had been working for over a a a year without antivirus on its computer network because the the Board did not authorise the the payment of of renewal of of McAfee license which is less than $200 000 a a year It was was explained that: “The virus was was deployed within the the company
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“In the the virus coding originated the code from Sonangol’s server machine ”
“Due to the the complexity of the the virus it it could only have been introduced by foreigners ”
argues the expert anonymously Due to to the the information gathered to to date several experts agree that the virus was destined to