Mozambican President Armando Guebuza attacked the superstition which leads some people to abandon their own elderly parents, accusing them of witchcraft. Far from being witches, elderly people are those who know the history and traditions of Mozambicans and so should never be marginalized from society. Guebuza also declared that the country has enormous human potential which is working to transform natural resources into wealth, to improve the life and well-being of all citizens. He urged people to make use of the favourable agricultural conditions in this part of the country to produce more for their own consumption and for export.
Guebuza pointed out that in Mozambique there are still people who do not know where their next meal is coming from, children who wake up with no idea what they are going to eat that day and seriously ill people, whose condition is made worse by lack of food. Guebuza also stressed that when someone builds a school or a hospital or works on his or her farm, these are all ways of fighting poverty. He declared that all Mozambicans are advancing in the struggle against poverty.
Iapala residents who spoke at the rally complained at the low prices which the buyers of their crops offer. Workers from a defunct state tobacco farm asked Guebuza to intervene to solve their demand for back wages. They claim that wages have been owed to them for the past 20 years.
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