Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the House-
1) notes that one of the founders member of the Mozambique Liberation Front, Frelimo, Marcelino dos Santos, died in Maputo on 11 February 2020, at the age of 90;
2) recalls that Marcelino's activism began when he was elected Secretary-General of the Conference of Nationalist Organizations of the Portuguese Colonies at Casablanca;
3) further recalls that under surveillance from Portuguese police, he escaped to France where he worked with many other exiled African nationalists such as Guinea-Bissau's Amilcar Cabral;
4) remembers that in 1962, dos Santos with other leaders from other formations merged and formed Frelimo, under the leadership of Eduardo Mondlane;
5) further remembers that after the assassination of Mondlane in 1969, Samora Machel was elected President of Frelimo with dos Santos as the Deputy President;
6) understands that after independence in 1975, dos Santos became Minister of Planning and Development in Machel's first government and later held several other senior positions including Speaker of Parliament; and
7) conveys its condolences to the government of the People's Republic of Mozambique and the family of Marcelino dos Santos.
Thank you.