{"id":36739,"date":"2018-03-17T16:58:02","date_gmt":"2018-03-17T15:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/36739-landmark-protest-in-angola-targets-amnesty-for-stolen-money.html"},"modified":"2018-03-17T16:58:02","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T15:58:02","slug":"landmark-protest-in-angola-targets-amnesty-for-stolen-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/36739-landmark-protest-in-angola-targets-amnesty-for-stolen-money.html","title":{"rendered":"Landmark protest in Angola targets amnesty for 'stolen money'"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"txt-textContent\">\n<div class=\"text fontsize_0 jq_Content jq_langdir\">\n<p>Angola saw its first authorised anti-government protest in decades with about 10 people demonstrating Saturday in the capital against an amnesty those who have stashed vast wealth abroad.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the paltry turnout, the rally in the centre of Luanda was a milestone and hugely symbolic.<\/p>\n<p>Such an event would have been unthinkable during the regime of former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos who ruled the oil-rich country with an iron fist for 38 years until he stepped down late last year.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the demonstrators held up portraits of dos Santos' succcessor Joao Lourenco disfigured with red paint.<\/p>\n<p>They denounced a law adopted at the end of February providing amnesty to anyone repatriating more than $100,000 (81,000 euros) from overseas accounts in the coming six months.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They will also not face questioning about the source of the funds. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lourenco has told Angolans to repatriate funds illegally held abroad in coming months or risk prosecution, in a bid to spur domestic investment and combat corruption.<\/p>\n<p>The demontrators shouted slogans such as \"Give us back our money,\" and \"Thieves can't be bosses.\"<\/p>\n<p>The amnesty will benefit \"those who have illegally acquired riches,\" said protestor Fernando Macedo, a university professor.<\/p>\n<p>After nearly 30 years of civil war came to an end in 2002, Angola\u2019s economy grew at a rapid pace thanks to an oil boom.<\/p>\n<p>But sweeping corruption, cronyism and mismanagement has seen a huge chasm between the handful of haves and the overwhelming majority living in dire poverty.<\/p>\n<p>str-bed\/ach\/bp<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angola saw its first authorised anti-government protest in decades with about 10 people demonstrating Saturday in the capital against an amnesty those who have stashed vast wealth abroad. 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