Luanda - The President of the Republic, João Lourenço, on Monday in Luanda recommended to the new directors-general of the Criminal Investigation Service (SIC) and the Foreign Migration Service (SME), 'full commitment', for the full fulfilment of the functions to which they were recently appointed.
João Lourenço, who was speaking at the swearing-in ceremony of the two officials, recognized the knowledge and experience accumulated by these senior staff, over the years at the service of the security agencies in the country.
'Your knowledge and experience will certainly help you to improve what has already been done so far in these two areas,' said the Head of the Executive Power, in a reference to the sectors of Criminal Investigation Services and Migration and Foreigners Services.
For the Head of State, the responsibilities that fall on the 'shoulders' of these senior staff is great due to the delicacy of the work they start to carry out from this moment on, and which 'have very great reflections on the security of the country'.
'From today we will give responsibilities to two entities that will occupy the heads of very sensitive areas of our defense and security system,' said the President of the Republic on the occasion.
At the Presidential Palace, Luciano Tânio Jorge Custódio Mateus da Silva took office as director-general of the Criminal Investigation Service and José Coimbra Baptista Júnior as director-general of the Migration and Foreigners Service.
Prior to the appointments by Presidential Decree, Luciano Tânio Jorge Custódio Mateus da Silva held the position of director of the Special Security Corps for Strategic Minerals, while José Coimbra Baptista Júnior was deputy head of the State Information and Security Service. AFL/ART/DOJ
