Neto told MISA-Angola representatives that the decision to suspend the program may have been due to Neney’s severe criticism of the government. Earlier, on March 14, Neney - who is also the former MISA representative in Angola - expressed the opinion to the Catholic Radio Ecclesia that the Angolan government and ruling Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA) officials had enough money to lend the government rather than embark on a campaign to persuade the international community to support a donor conference. The donor community however says no support will be provided until there is evidence that the Angolan government is adopting serious policies to ensure transparency of public revenue expenditure and good governance. The five-minute “Analysis with Isaac Neney” has become a very popular programme due to Neney’s critical views on sensitive national political and social matters. “No doubt it became the most popular show on Sundays. Everyone is now asking me what happened to it,” Neto said. In 2004, the radio station ordered that Neney be removed as co-anchor of another popular show “Tendencies and Debates”. The show invites prominent figures to its studios on Saturday mornings. · ALERT Date: April 13, 2005 Persons/Institutions: Media in Angola Violation: Threatened Angolan members of parliament (MPs) are considering passing a bill that would bar journalists from reporting on provisional election results. The Angolan National Assembly is currently reviewing the country’s electoral law. This includes the role media should play during elections and post-elections. Opposition party MPs said media should not be allowed to report on results until the Electoral Commission declares the definitive results and indicates whether elections were free and fair. The opposition MPs said there is a risk that state-controlled media could present false results to the public, favouring the ruling Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA) party and its candidates. MPLA MPs have argued, however, that there should be no concern if journalists are allowed to report on results before the Electoral Commission announces the winners. · ALERT Date: January 06, 2005 Persons/Institutions: Aguiar dos Santos Violation: Threatened On December 16 2004, Miguel de Carvalho, director of the ANGOP government news agency, threatened to shoot a journalist working for the independent weekly “Agora”. In a recently published article, “Agora” director and journalist Aguiar dos Santos said de Carvalho threatened to shoot him in the leg. The threat was linked to a series of articles the paper had been running on alleged corruption and mismanagement at the news agency. In early February 2005, President Jose Eduardo dos Santos appointed de Carvalho as information vice-minister, just two months after the incident with dos Santos. So This Is Democracy? 2005 -36- Media Institute of Southern Africa