Lobito - The Benguela Provincial Office of Former Combatants and Veterans of the Fatherland met, Thursday, with its beneficiaries to clarify the reasons for the ongoing re-registration, ANGOP learned.
Speaking to the press, its provincial director, Júlio Chagas, reported that after a rigorous inspection, it was found that many beneficiaries who presented themselves as former combatants did not have the profile to do so and were therefore removed from the system.
"The former combatant is the citizen who participated in the guerrilla against colonialism and this period lasted until 1974. Those who appeared later are not considered as such", he explained.
On the other hand, many war-disabled people presented with very old medical expertise, even though the law stipulates that this must be updated annually.
The official also referred to some irregularities related to the processes of the former combatants' widows.
"We take care of about 3,700 pensioners and have already sent 835 complaints to Luanda for due treatment", he pointed out.
Júlio Chagas said that the number of pensioners is constantly changing for several reasons.
"If a former combatant dies, his children enter the system as war orphans and each of them receives a pension equivalent to that of his father", he explained.
"We are appealing to former-combatants who have incorrect information in their biographies, as well as war disabled people whose expertise has expired, to appear at the Office in order to clear issue," he stated.
He took the opportunity to inform that the expert opinion process will begin at the Catumbela Municipal Hospital.
The process time frame is between 15 and 30 days, depending on the number of disabled people attending the location, according to Júlio Chagas. TC/CRB /CF/DOJ
