Lawyers In Angola Condemn The Appointment of President’s Daughter as State Oil Boss

Lawyers In Angola have challenged the countries president over the appointment of his daughter as the head of state oil company Sonangol. According to them, the appointment was illegal and should be annulled.


The protesting lawyers said they will take the matter up with three different bodies, the government, attorney General of the Republic, and apply for an administrative act before the Supreme Court for the blockade.

The Angolan president Jose Eduardo dos Santos appointed his daughter as the new head of the struggling state oil company Sonangol, through a presidential decree announced on Thursday.The 43-year-old businesswoman, who is the president’s eldest daughter, is reported to have 25% shares in the country’s main mobile telecommunication company.