Given the need to bring the current organization and functioning of the National Security System into line with the Constitution of the Republic, as well as the national and international context, the new National Security Law was approved, revoking Law 12/02, of August 16, which established the organization and functioning of the National Security System, under the terms of the Constitution of the Republic of Angola.
National security is now expressly based on the following principles: Dignity of the Human Person, Legality, Priority, Rationality, Control and Supervision, Proportionality, Loyalty, Subordination and Hierarchy, State Secrecy, Professional Secrecy, Non-partisanship and Cooperation.
The fundamental objectives of national security were also stipulated, including the permanent guarantee of national independence and sovereignty, defense and territorial integrity, the democratic rule of law, respect for fundamental rights, the security of the population and their property and the maintenance of peace and public order, in conditions that correspond to the national interest and international stability.
The National Security System is made up of sectors, institutions, bodies and services of the Public Administration. The sectors of the National Security System are national defence, the guarantee of order and the preservation of state security; the Institutions are the Angolan Armed Forces and the National Police; the Bodies are the Intelligence and State Security Bodies and the Services are the specialized entities that contribute to guaranteeing national security.
As the governing body of the National Security System, the President of the Republic's new powers include approving the operational planning of the National Security System and deciding on the strategy for the employment and use of the Angolan Armed Forces, the National Police and the Intelligence and State Security Bodies, as well as promoting the loyalty of these bodies to the Constitution and democratic institutions.
There is no longer an Executive Committee, as a restricted body of the Higher Council for National Security, chaired by the President of the Republic, which was responsible, among other things, for carrying out operational coordination and strategic reflection, as well as ensuring interconnection between all the bodies and services of the National Security System.
Currently, the National Assembly alone is responsible for overseeing the institutions, bodies and services of the National Security System, having abolished joint oversight with the Supervisory Board, and its regime is regulated by its own law.
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