{"id":14867,"date":"2016-05-12T07:53:45","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T07:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=14867"},"modified":"2016-05-12T07:53:45","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T07:53:45","slug":"angola-church-condemns-corruption-and-human-rights-violations-paulo-aido","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2016\/05\/12\/angola-church-condemns-corruption-and-human-rights-violations-paulo-aido\/","title":{"rendered":"ANGOLA &#8211; Church condemns corruption and human rights violations &#8211; Paulo Aido"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>ANGOLA &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><strong>C<\/strong><strong>hurch condemns c<\/strong><strong>orruption<\/strong><strong> and human rights violations<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Although the Church is not \u201can opposition party\u201d, it will not \u201cremain silent in the face of grave violations of human rights\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a strongly-worded pastoral letter, the bishops of Angola\u2014citing an alarming growth in poverty and a sharp rise in the cost of living in the country\u2014have condemned Angola\u2019s elites for \u201ca lack of ethical standards, mismanagement of the public purse and generalized corruption\u201d in the country.<\/p>\n<p>In their statement issued March 9\u2014a copy of which was obtained by international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need\u2014the bishops insist that the global drop in oil prices cannot be regarded as the sole cause of the country\u2019s economic malaise.<\/p>\n<p>The prelates instead point to a \u201cmentality of cronyism and nepotism and the growing discrimination which is the result of increasing partisanship within the public administration, in which genuine merit and competence are being sacrificed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Noting that large sections of the population are at risk of falling into severe poverty, the pastoral letter also mentions the \u201cneglect of public and preventative health\u201d as evidenced by the lack of sanitation, the neglect of \u201cpublic and private hygiene, distribution and supply of drinking water, and the \u201caccumulation of refuse,\u201d especially in urban areas.<\/p>\n<p>Warning of potentially grave political and social unrest, the bishops call for \u201cconversion, a genuine change in mentality and behavior\u201d of the country\u2019s leadership and the opposition, insisting that the latter\u2019s proposals must not be rejected as an attack on the country\u2019s institutions and authorities\u2014but be given a fair hearing as \u201cwell-founded and constructive criticisms\u201d serving the common good.<\/p>\n<p>The bishop also pointedly remark on what they call a \u201cworrying partisanship regarding the means of social communication which, by right, should be at the service of all.\u201d It is a reference to what the prelates consider to be the muzzling of Church-run <em>R\u00e1dio Ecclesia, <\/em>the expansion of whose reach has been blocked by the government. Meanwhile, radio outlets friendly to the government are given free rein, the bishops have implied.<\/p>\n<p>Archbishop Jos\u00e9 Manuel Imbamba of Saurimo, vice president of the country\u2019s bishops\u2019 conference, has told reporters that\u2014although the Church is not \u201can opposition party\u201d\u2014it will not \u201cremain silent in the face of grave violations of human rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At issue is the ongoing trial of 17 human rights activists accused by the authorities of plotting a coup against the MPLA government, the party in power since 1975 when the country gained independence from Portugal. President Jos\u00e9 Eduardo dos Santos has been in office for 36 years.<\/p>\n<p>General elections are planned for 2017, and given the country\u2019s economic crisis, opposition to the government is growing apace, with the bishops worrying about the country\u2019s political and social stability as the government cracks down on its critics.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Paulo Aido<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANGOLA &#8211;\u00a0Church condemns corruption and human rights violations &nbsp; Although the Church is not \u201can opposition party\u201d, it will not \u201cremain silent in the face of grave violations of human rights\u201d In a strongly-worded pastoral letter, the bishops of Angola\u2014citing an alarming growth in poverty and a sharp rise in the cost of living in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15023,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-newsletters"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>ANGOLA - Church condemns corruption and human rights violations - Paulo Aido - Aid to the Church in Need (Malta)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2016\/05\/12\/angola-church-condemns-corruption-and-human-rights-violations-paulo-aido\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ANGOLA - Church condemns corruption and human rights violations - Paulo Aido - Aid to the Church in Need (Malta)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ANGOLA &#8211;\u00a0Church condemns corruption and human rights violations &nbsp; 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