Ms Dos Santos has called allegations revealed by leaked documents entirely false and said that the Angolan government was engaged in a politically motivated witch-hunt.
In a statement she said that they showed they were part of a "very concentrated, orchestrated and well-co-ordinated political attack, ahead of elections in Angola next year". Source: Forbes magazine and others. He's tackling that… and his actions have demonstrated that in spades," she said. But JLo's moves to tackle corruption is now in danger of being overshadowed, and perhaps even derailed, by the second, key, part of his reform program - the economy.
But… his track record is very, very poor when you look at what happened in Angola over the last two years. The corruption allegations against her are, she said, "an attempt of creating a diversion". Read more:. Ms Dos Santos' analysis may be self-serving. But that doesn't necessarily make it wrong. His popularity is wearing off and people are asking why is he not going after others. So, the hypocrisy is registering with most Angolans. My sense is this is more effective internationally than domestically," he said.
And so, Angola's "Gorbachev" suddenly finds himself treading a narrow, difficult path. He badly needs to shore up the MPLA's support base - now waning like that of so many African liberation parties - ahead of upcoming local and national elections. But his own position within the party depends on him striking the right balance between a broader crackdown on corruption which could help stimulate the economy and lead to the repatriation of billions of dollars in stolen assets and protecting senior figures within the MPLA.
But JLo, like South Africa's new President Cyril Ramaphosa, is quickly learning how hard it is to rebuild a brittle, fragmented party from within, and to make any serious headway against corruption when so many key state institutions are rotten to the core. Go to Top Search Home Institutions. President of the Republic. President's speech: Speech by the President of the Republic of Angola at the opening of the judicial year But since taking over the presidency, his anti-corruption crusade has proven extremely difficult to execute and has given rise to tensions.
Not to mention, the whole thing could backfire. Read on for a quick overview of the post-Dos Santos political landscape. Not to mention intense criticism, even from within his own political party. Give yourself a headstart: Get full access to The Africa Report on all your devices.
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