Luanda - MPLA leader João Lourenço said on Monday that the youth vote could actually sway the elections outcome as they (young people) make up a large portion the voting-eligible population.
The party’s candidate for the 24 August elections called on young people, the largest portion of the Angolan society, to massively participate in the elections and mobilisation process of the other youth.
Delivering his speech at the opening ceremony of the National Holiday Camp of University Students (Canfeu), underway from 1- 4 August in Luanda, João Lourenço reiterated MPLA's commitment to improving the quality of education to ensure the country’s development and the need for students to learn the key foreign languages and handle new technologies.
"Technical and scientific knowledge represents one of the leading pillars", said João Lourenço, to whom university education must be translated into skills, so that Angolan students can "compete" on an equal footing with their counterparts from other countries.
The party’s youth wing (JMPLA) promotes CANFEU every year to ensure unity, reflection, citizenship, youth dialogue, work, recreation, sports, culture and exchange and sharing of experiences.
The event brings together university youth across the country and overseas students.
The 18th Edition gathers thousand participants and is held under the slogan "university youth, united we participate in the general elections".
JMPLA intends to continue mobilising youth for the affirmation and commitment as a decisive factor in the resolution of the main challenges facing the nation.
The General elections in Angola will take place on August 24.
Roughly, 14.3 million voters are expected to cast their ballots.
