The President of the Republic of Angola, João Lourenço, called this Saturday Ana Paula dos Santos, former first lady of the country, offer condolences to the family of the former President of the Republic, José Eduardo dos Santos. The information, without referring to children, was shared on the official page of the Angolan Presidency on Facebook.
Relations between João Lourenço and some of the children of José Eduardo dos Santos broke down after the judicial process against Isabel dos Santos and José Filomeno “Zenu” dos Santosas well as the dismissal of Tchizé dos Santos, who lost her mandate as an MPLA deputy in 2019.
Tchizé dos Santos has spoken publicly about the disagreements, with Ana Paula dos Santos being one of his main targets, along with João Lourenço.
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Tchizé says that the former first lady, who was de facto separated from her father, I had not seen José Eduardo dos Santos for several years and traveled to Barcelona at the request of the Angolan government, which intends to obtain political dividends from the death of the former head of state.
The Angolan government decreed seven days of national mourning and has already declared that he intends to hold a state funeral in Luanda, a decision that Tchizé dos Santos opposes, stating that this was not his father’s will, and that José Eduardo dos Santos did not want to be buried in Angola while Joao Lourenço is in power. .
Eduardo dos Santos succeeded Agostinho Neto as president of Angola in 1979 and stepped down in 2017, serving one of the longest presidencies in the world marred by accusations of corruption and nepotism.
In 2017, he resigned to run again and the current president, João Lourenço, succeeded him in officehaving also been elected by the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), which has governed the country since independence from Portugal in 1975.
Source: Observadora
