Luanda — The minister of Territory Administration and State Reform said Monday in Luanda that the success of the National Moral and Civic Values Retrieval Programme requires the involvement of all Angolans.

First meeting of the Interministerial Commission for Retrieval of Moral and Civic Values

Marcy Lopes was speaking at the first meeting of the Interministerial Commission appointed to promote the retrieval of values, seeking to improve the social, behavioural and public safety environment and recommend measures to counter disregard for laws, property, public sites and high level of indiscipline and disorder.

Appointed by President João Lourenço, the Interministerial Commission brings together various State departments and is tasked with putting in place conditions to implement the National Moral and Civic Values Retrieval Programme.

These are the ministries of Territorial Administration and State Reform (coordinator of the Commission), Social Action, Family and Women Promotion, Education, Higher Education, Social Security, Youth and Sports, Energy and Water, Justice, Culture, Tourism and Environment, Health, Trade and Industry, Telecommunications and Information and Communication Technologies and other organs.

The retrieval of moral and civic values is an educational process, conducted by public administration bodies, with the participation of the family, schools and churches, aiming at promoting a collective awareness of respect for the State authority, the law , and good rules of social awareness.