Luanda - The vice-president of the MPLA, Mara Quiosa, defended, on Tuesday, in Luanda, the need to preserve and disseminate the patriotic legacy of the 4th of February, for a better knowledge of the value of the struggle for the new generations.
Speaking to the press, at the commemorative act of the 64th anniversary of the beginning of the Armed Struggle for National Liberation (February 4), Mara Quiosa said that the date should serve as a reflection and sharing of knowledge of the value of the struggle for freedom and sovereignty of Angola.
'It is also important that we honour and pay tribute to those well-known and anonymous heroes, who gave up their youth, the conviviality of their families to fight against Portuguese colonialism and bring independence to our country', she stressed.
MPLA vice-president also appealed to young people to strengthen and contribute to the maintenance of peace, which guarantees the development of Angola.
'Our elders have already done their part, so it is important that the new generations also do theirs, and doing their part is nothing more than continuing to work for the maintenance of peace in our country,'' she said.
In turn, the provincial governor of Luanda, Luís Nunes, underlined the importance of the date, at a time when the country will celebrate 50 years of national independence.
Luís Nunes announced, on the other hand, the rehabilitation, soon, of the Historical Landmark of Cazenga, to improve the conditions of the infrastructure and ensure greater comfort for visitors.
The commemoration of the 64th anniversary of the beginning of the Armed Struggle for National Liberation (February 4), was marked, in the province of Luanda, with the raising of the flag, at the National Museum of Military History (Former Fortress of São Miguel), and the laying of a wreath, at the Monument of the Unknown Soldier, in an act presided over by the Minister of State and Head of the Military House of the President of the Republic, Francisco Pereira Furtado.
Angola celebrates today, Tuesday, February 4, 64 years of the beginning of the Armed Struggle for National Liberation, under the motto 'With the spirit of February, let us work for stability, development and employment'.
The province of Uige hosts, this Tuesday, the central act of the commemorations of the day of the beginning of the Armed Struggle for National Liberation, which will be chaired by the Minister of State and Head of the Military House of the President of the Republic, Francisco Pereira Furtado.
The date is written in the history of Angola for being the milestone of the armed struggle that culminated, 14 years later, with the proclamation of National Independence, on November 11, 1975, putting an end to the process of Portuguese occupation and colonization, which began in the fifteenth century.
It was in the early hours of February 4, 1961 that about 200 Angolan nationalists, armed with machetes and other bladed weapons, unleashed a series of attacks on several prisons to free political prisoners of the Portuguese colonial regime/MEL/ASS/DOJ
