Luanda - Angolan president of the Republic João Lourenço said Friday in Luanda that the State and Justice Reform aim to guarantee the fight against crime and the full exercise of citizenship for Angolans.
Delivering his State of the Nation Speech, in Parliament, João Lourenço underlined that the Justice and Law Reform remains at the top of the Executive's priorities to guarantee the speedup, reduction of bureaucracy and modernisation of the sector, through the redefinition of the legislative framework of reference.
“There are already fundamental diplomas, such as the penal codes and penal procedure, as well as reinstating the norms of the civil procedure in matters of appeal, which will be followed by the necessary legislation, for the modernisation of the judiciary”, he pointed out.
The President informed that, in order to ensure the full exercise of citizenship by August 2021, approximately four million birth registrations and close to 2.3 million Identity Cards (ID) had been issued.
He referred that issuing the ID, for the first time in the country and abroad, is an essential condition to ensure that electoral registration takes place with greater efficiency and speed.
He added that it is estimated that around 12 million voters are registered, 400,000 of whom are residing abroad.
In May of last year, President João Lourenço created the Commission for the Reform of Justice and Law, tasked with coordinating and reviving the global strategy for the Reform of Justice and Law, as part of the State Reform.
Coordinated by the Minister of Justice and Human Rights, Francisco Queiroz, the Commission includes professors Raúl Araújo, Carlos Feijó and Virgílio de Fontes Pereira, from the Agostinho Neto University, representatives of the higher courts, the Attorney General's Office and the Bar Association .
Under the terms of the National Assembly (AN) bylaws, the legislature comprises five legislative sessions, or parliamentary years, with each cycle beginning on October 15th and ending on August 15th of the following year.
