
Presidente moçambicano, Filipe Nyusi, deposita uma coroa de flores na cidade de Maxixe, província de Inhambane, durante as cerimónias de 7 de Setembro, Dia da Vitória
Maputo, 8 Sep (AIM) – Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi stressed on Thursday that the sacrifices made by the combatants of Mozambique’s liberation struggle are priceless.
According to Nyusi, who was speaking in the town of Maxixe, in the southern province of Inhambane, during the central ceremony for 7 September, Victory Day, the anniversary of the agreement on Mozambican independence, signed in Lusaka on 7 September 1974 between the Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo) and the Portuguese government.
“The inalienable conquests are our national unity, territorial integrity, sovereignty, democracy and peace”, said Nyusi “That is why we say that there is no salary sufficient or capable of paying for the sacrifice of the veterans of the national liberation struggle”.
Nyusi said that the Lusaka Agreements planted the seeds of freedom and development, “so it’s up to young people to water the seeds and make them flourish.”
“They are the leaders of tomorrow, the artisans of progress, so our government trusts in the determination of youth to shape a peaceful and increasingly developed Mozambique, and not in a manipulated way”, he stressed.
He emphasized that Victory Day should be a source of inspiration for the new generation of Mozambicans to continue preserving everything that was achieved with great sacrifice by their elders.
He also said that today, 49 years after the signing of the Lusaka Agreements, “the sun continues to shine on Mozambican territory, which is one and indivisible and still has the same territorial dimensions, reconquered in the light of those agreements.”
The President also decorated 30 individuals with the “Veteran of the Mozambique Liberation Struggle” medal, stressing that it “means a beacon of recognition from all compatriots for the combatants who, with devotion to the cause of national liberation, showed a willingness to sacrifice their own lives.”
Through a presidential decree issued on Wednesday, the Mozambican Head of State honored a total of 1,190 Mozambican citizens with the “Veteran of the Mozambique Liberation Struggle” medal.
Nyusi also insisted that the commander of the islamist terrorists in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, Bonomar Machude, also known as Ibn Omar, has indeed been killed by the Mozambican armed forces (FADM).
He acknowledged that there are those who refuse to believe that the terrorist leader is dead. “But they will have to believe!”, Nyusi said, “because they will never again see Bonomar Machude”.
The death of their leader was a blow to the terrorists, he added, but it did not mean the end of terrorism. “Winning a battle does not mean winning the war”, said Nyusi.
He called for a redoubling of vigilance so that, at the first sign of something out of the ordinary, members of the public could contact the defence and security forces.
That vigilance was not just for Cabo Delgado, but for the whole country, said Nyusi, since the terrorists, reeling from the death of their commander, might flee to other parts of Mozambique.
The jihadists are now operating in small groups, he said. Some had given up and were surrendering, but others were afraid to hand themselves over.
“I am aware that many want to leave the bush, but are afraid”, Nyusi continued. He guaranteed that those who surrender will be well treated.
“There is room for forgiveness and unity, so that all Mozambicans can join together in reconstruction and development”, he said.
(AIM)
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