Panafrican News Agency - December 7, 2001
The president was speaking of the threat posed by the lethal disease AIDS to the country's development.
Opening a meeting of the Central Committee of the ruling Frelimo Party, Chissano declared: "We must rapidly block the advance of this disease. Thus every member and supporter of our party, and every citizen, must regard this struggle as a fight for the survival of the country".
He added: "Let us set an example by changing our behaviour. We should be the first to break the silence and overcome the taboos".
Frelimo members, Chissano continued, should also be in the forefront of the battle against crime and corruption. This struggle "is crucial so that our project for a just and healthy society, a society of harmony and well-being, can win".
Chissano stressed Frelimo's commitment to national unity.
This, he said, was not merely a slogan, but had to be implemented "through concrete actions, in an increasing integration of our economy".
Frelimo, he added, was pursuing economic policies "so that each Mozambican producer, regardless of his province or district, feels integrated actively and without prejudice in enjoying the fruits of what is produced elsewhere in the country, while the goods he produces feed other people far from his home or workplace".
He stressed Frelimo's commitment to overcome imbalances and asymmetries: the party wanted the entire country, and not just parts of it, to be attractive to local and foreign investors.
It was a task of the state, he added, to offer fiscal and other incentives so that investors would put their money into the poorest parts of the country.
Rural development, Chissano declared, should be at the heart of Frelimo's activity. "What we want is to make our activity more effective, so that the peasants, who are our largest social base, can improve their lives".
The three-day meeting of the Central Committee, mostly held behind closed doors, is expected to approve theses and other documents for the Eighth Frelimo Congress scheduled for June 2002.
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