Luanda - The training of staff in all domains will be the top priority of the fifth legislature of the National Assembly, its Speaker, Carolina Cerqueira, said Monday.
Speaking at the opening of the initiation seminar for newly elected deputies, the Parliament Speaker added that during the current legislature, the training of the members of the National Assembly will be constant, so that they can fulfil with zeal the mission entrusted to them by the people.
She spoke of the need for knowledge and skills to be reinforced, particularly on the organization and functioning of the Parliament, underscoring that this should be one of the core premises for an MP to fulfill his duty correctly and competently.
Carolina Serqueira added that she will spare no effort to ensure the modernization of the parliament and to seek technological solutions to improve the work of the MPs.
She underlined that the holding of this kind of seminar aims to ensure the harmonization of skills, knowledge and competences of the deputies.
"It is important to realize that, regardless of the knowledge that the deputies possess, parliamentary life has its own dynamics that are not yet sufficiently addressed in the academies and the respective literary world," the Speaker said.
In the three-day training course, topics such as "The evolution of the Angolan Parliament, "Organic structure and functioning of the National Assembly," "Parliament and information technology," and "The role of the National Assembly in matters of defence and national security" are being addressed.
It will also address the "Ethics and parliamentary decorum," "Parliamentary protocol," "The Parliament and the media," "The deputies and the media," "Remuneration scheme for deputies, subsidies for deputies and subsidies to parties and parliamentary groups" are other topics under discussion.
Of the 220 members that compose the Angolan Parliament, MPLA occupies 124 seats and UNITA 90, while PRS, FNLA and PHA have two parliamentarians each.
