He queried, “Don't they hear the cries of the people? Don't they see the people suffering? And they say they represent us. Who do they represent?”
“They represent themselves or their parties, but not the people, because the people continue to suffer and they are insensitive,” the Angolan member of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit under the protection of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (CSSp/Spiritans/Holy Ghost Fathers) lamented.
He noted that the lawmakers don't defend the interests of the people, adding, “They defend their own interests. Just look at how many days they spend discussing their salaries and budgets. They're not interested in the people, unfortunately.”
“The roads are not good, these cars are going to break down before their time and how are they going to pay for the maintenance of these cars? What are these cars bought with?,” he further posed.
He continued, “They'll say it's Parliament's budget. But whose money is it?”
“I doubt that a member of parliament works more than a teacher, doctor, a nurse, and a miner,” Bishop Camuto said.
The Angolan Catholic Bishop asserted that the amount of money set aside for the expensive cars is sufficient to fix the country’s bad roads.
Highlighting the country’s challenges, the Bishop said, “Life today is increasingly difficult, there is a lot of misery, there is a lot of hunger and we have heard in our province of Bengo the appeals made by the provincial government to support those in need at this time, which sounds like those who have suffered the consequences of the floods, many have lost their homes, lost their possessions.”
“We can't be insensitive. These are our brothers and sisters who need help. They don't need a Lexus or a V8. Perhaps they need a kilo of rice, a kilo of pasta or a tin of sardines,” Bishop Camuto said, and added, “Let's help our brothers and sisters, let's be sensitive to their pain.”
João Vissesse is an Angolan Journalist with a passion and rich experience in Catholic Church Communication and Media Apostolate.
