LUANDA - The Angolan ruling party will hold a march Saturday in support of the regime of President José Eduardo Dos Santos, two days before a planned demonstration by his opponents, reported Thursday the state press.
The Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) wants to organize a "great patriotic march for peace" in Luanda to condemn "the wave of disinformation launched in the capital," reported the daily Jornal de Angola.
provincial party committees able to hold simultaneous rallies in several cities, including Malange (east), Uige (north) and Huila (south), according to the National Radio of Angola (RNA).
These events aim to counter a call to march against the regime, on the night of March 6 to 7, which have been circulating for several days on the Internet, inspired by the riots in Tunisia and Egypt.
The Union for the Total Independence of Angola (Unita), the main opposition party, said of not wishing to attend the event.
"We encourage and support all efforts of the democratic struggle that remain under the Constitution, but we will not be present at this event because we do not know the organizers, "he told AFP a member of UNITA, Alcides Sakala.
" We believe that this appeal has been launched by the scheme, only in order to see who will support this initiative, "said Unita leader Isaias Samakuva at a press conference in Lisbon.
He was also keen to" avoid any spilling blood ", arguing that the Angolan authorities had already shown" more violent punish "their opponents that the former regimes in Tunisia and Egypt.
At the 35th anniversary of the national police, earlier this week, the Interior Minister Sebastião Martins also recalled that the police would be severe in case of overflow.
"We will not tolerate any attempt to harm the public order and security of any means so on the national territory," he told state media.
(© AFP / March 3, 2011 6:31 p.m.)
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