"The president was not informed that a meeting is needed with the demobilized"

The Forum of Demobilized War, the organization that brings together more than 13 thousand ex-soldiers from the ranks of the extinct Armed Forces of Mozambique / Popular Forces for the Liberation of Mozambique (FAM / FPLM) and those of the then Renamo guerrillas, naparamas , etc ... yesterday accused the Government of Mozambique in Maputo to be "trying to cheat" and divide the demobilized "for they do not continue to claim the rights they say TuesThe Executive President Armando Guebuza has called on the last Wednesday a meeting with demobilized. By the way was the last day as the deadline given by demobilized, as the limit for the head of state to receive in audience. Arriving at such a meeting, to the astonishment of the Forum, were at the meeting on Wednesday around 15 representatives of different groups of demobilized. The Forum of Demobilized War, the only one who has been on the streets to manifest itself, was another. This is what has been manifest and require demobilized benefiting from a pension, but when they arrived at the table there were also summoned by the Minister of fighters, the leaders of other groups of demobilized did not review the Forum led by Herminio dos Santos.Thinking that the Minister of fighters, Colonel Matthew Kida, they wanted to convey the will of the president, this did not happen.According Herminio dos Santos, President of the Forum of Demobilized, rather than to be told something of the head of state who want to meet, were informed that the meeting was to "harmonize the regulation of the Combatant Status and the Commission Interministerial ".Against the backdrop, the leaders of the Forum of Demobilized withdrew from the room where the meeting was over, for allegedly not being in accordance with the schedule that had been proposed by the Ministry of fighters. Does the leadership of the Forum led by Herminio dos Santos that the government is trying to "entertain demobilized." "They wanted to forget that he was the last day" of the deadline for the Government to respond to the demands of the Forum led by Herminio Santos.Wednesday was the deadline proposed by the government after the end of the first period which ended on the previous Wednesday, that required by the demobilized Forum. Expired without the President of the Republic had received for allegedly is outside the country.On the last Wednesday before the incident, the demobilized Forum arose out of the meeting and slammed the door."The Forum of Demobilized War Mozambique, left the meeting at the Ministry of Combatants, because the agenda had nothing to do with our concerns that led us to speak out between 25 and 26 days of the month" . According to the release of the "Forum of Demobilized", dated Wednesday the "minister [of fighters] invited 15 associations leaving the day's schedule 25 and 26, to say that we are gathered to harmonize the regulation of the Combatant Status we do not recognize. " The statement also says that the Forum does not recognize the Interministerial Commission for allegedly "does not work.""We abandoned the meeting because this is not our agenda should not be the agenda of any meeting that need with the president" concludes the Forum of Demobilized led by Herminio dos Santos."We will continue to take to the streets until the president to receive, hear and consider our concerns" Herminio dos Santos said yesterday .According to the source at this time, after the failure of the meeting with the Head of State Armando Guebuza, "the demobilized are organizing themselves to return to the streets to make a large-scale demonstration.""We are arranging to go out to the streets in order to avoid bloodshed. We are preparing people, demobilized soldiers say, for when there is bloodshed is rightly so, "said our interviewee adding however that" the demobilized did not want there to be bloodshed. ""What we want is to hear and feel the government our concerns," he added.
Asked about the date on which they would take to the streets, Herminio dos Santos said that "this will happen no later than two weeks.""Right now we are having some meetings with our members and some civil society in order to join forces. We do not want leadership that is just to go to the street, but all "he said.In another development Herminio dos Santos has made known that at this time the Forum is to explain to members throughout the country that "dialogue is failing the government's fault, but that the struggle must continue until the ultimate goal."To the Forum of Demobilized War, "remains the strange attitude of the government does not want to talk to people who are part of Mozambican society.""We think the president is the father of all, but we see it to discriminate against people by denying us get" accused the president of demobilized questioning "what kind of President Armando Guebuza of the Republic is that discriminates?".Convinced of the demobilized "the president was not informed that a meeting is needed with the demobilized."Herminio dos Santos accused the minister of Combatants Matthew Kida be "aldrabão, walking to change and manipulate it to fool the demobilized, with air that will be able to contain them.""We know that PR received nothing of Mr. Kida related to the audience that we" said the president of demobilized grounds that the meeting Wednesday "it is not even addressed this issue, having just tried to deceive us."For weeks the demobilized led by Herminio dos Santos joined without causing disturbances near the prime minister's office, headquarters of the Council of Ministers, as a way of pressuring the government to consider their claims. Turned to leave last Wednesday in a meeting with the Minister of fighters, Colonel Matthew Kida, who say they are not able to solve their problems.To persuade them, the minister of fighters they would have asked to wait until last Wednesday, because the president was not in the country. Then meet with them unless the meeting is led by PR. "It's a aldrabão" says the now demobilized.When was expected to last Wednesday that the government response to the demobilized, whether one received by the President, behold, the executive asks for "harmonization of the combatant status."The demobilized among other things require a decent retirement, especially for a monthly pension of 12,500 MT.They say they have been used in many wars and so they want to be compensated by the government for years to come to fight.They do not accept the status of combatant approved in parliament by the Frelimo benches, which holds the parliamentary majority and thus decided on its own. The fighters claim that this status is discriminatory and favors national liberation fighters with links to the historic Frelimo regime, but all the other discriminates.The group led by Herminio dos Santos and has been on the streets, part 13 000 demobilized from the side of Frelimo and Renamo, the former militia members, former members of vigilante groups, the naparamas, widows and orphans of deceased war fighters during and after the war, among others.The demobilized already ruled out any dialogue that is not with the president, Armando Guebuza and Prime Minister Ali Aires

They also demand the resignation of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Combatants, Lino Joaquim Hama, by the way her husband the governor of Maputo City, Lucilia Hama, whom they accuse of being the promoter of most of "treacheries" in relation to projects that demobilized entitled by law, such as the ease of bank credit for financing projects.The husband of the governor of Maputo and SP Ministry of demobilized combatants is accused by the bureaucratization of the process causing the demobilized so far have not achieved any credit. (Bernard Alvaro)