Project to generate new policies: Jurist and congressman Clovis da Silva is PAICV's bet to the City Council

The challenge is launched. With the project to generate new municipal policies, Clovis Isildo Barbosa de Lomba Silva, deputy of the Nation, jurist and international consultant, is the PAICV candidate for the presidency of the Brava City Council in this year's municipal elections.Experienced politician, «Clovis Isildo Silva », as he is also called, knows the lands of the poet Eugénio Tavares well, where he spent his childhood, resides and has a lawyer's office since 2004 to date. With a strong social intervention through various civil society organizations, Clovis is a seasoned politician, who is at the forefront of political debates in the Cape Verdean parliament, where he has held various positions of responsibility, with emphasis on the chairman of the Commission Specialized in Legal Affairs, Human Rights and Social Communication.

Betting on the binomial renewal and experience, the largest party in the position already has a candidate with a new political project to run and govern Brava, should he be elected. This is Clovis Isildo Barbosa de Lomba Silva, a law graduate and deputy of the nation for the same island. Clovis already has the strong support of the regional structure and the national leadership of Janira Hopffer Almada.

Born on November 10, 1978 in the municipality of Praia, Clovis Isildo Barbosa de Lomba Silva has a strong connection with the Island of Flores. According to a family source, the only reason he wasn't born in Brava was because his mother had to stay in Praia to accompany a family member who was sick and ended up dying in that municipality of Santiago. “Clovis” spent his entire childhood in Brava, where his father, Isilldo Silva, took up residence with his family in the 1980s, when he was called upon to hold the position of local government delegate. As a child Clovis had to leave the island with his family, who accompanied his father who was, successively, appointed to work as Consul in Cape Verde's diplomatic representations in Italy, Angola and the USA. He only returned to Brava in 2004 after completing a degree in Law at the Fluminense Federal University – State of Rio de Janeiro/Brazil. He was then placed on the island as a Judge until September 1, 2007, when he began to exercise the same position at the Court of the Comarca of Santa Catarina de Santiago - he ceased this function on March 4, 2009, when he returned to Brava. That is, over the last 16 years, Clovis Isildo Barbosa de Lomba Silva has managed to maintain a strong relationship with the island, where he has his permanent residence and his law office, despite having periodically passed through the city of Praia, mainly as a PAICV deputy. by the Brava circle since 2011 to date.

According to local sources from the same party, with his feet firmly on the ground, «the candidate will run with a technically capable list and a governance program with a new vision for the future of 'Djabraba', with a focus on seeking to resolve the main expectations of residents and existing constraints, with emphasis on maritime connections to and from Brava and the dynamization of the island's economic and social life».

Political experience and strong social intervention

Clovis Isildo Barbosa de Lomba Silva is valued, among tambarinas and beyond, as an experienced jurist and political leader, who has given, at the level of the National Assembly, a valuable contribution to the reform of the parliament and the State of Cape Verde. He has already held a number of relevant posts in his party's national bodies and civil society organisations.

According to his resume, at party level he was vice-president of the National Council of Jurisdiction and Discipline of the PAICV and deputy of the Nation for the constituency of Brava since 2011 to date.

With regard to functions performed in parliament, he was chairman of the Specialized Commission on Legal Affairs, Human Rights and Social Communication, vice-chairman of the Specialized Commission on Constitutional Affairs, Human Rights, Social Communication, Security and State Reform and member of the Commission for Reform of the Cape Verdean Parliament.

The PAICV competitor to Câmara da Brava has a strong participation in civil society organizations. He is an international consultant in Matters of Gender and Masculinity (FNUAL/MASMAFU Angola), member of the Reform Commission of the Cape Verdean Parliament and member of the Supervisory Board of the Trade Union Association of Magistrates of Cape Verde – since March 2006.

According to this newspaper's sources, Clovis Isildo Barbosa de Lomba Silva is also the founder of Laço Branco Cabo Verde, member of the National Council of the Bar Association of Cabo Verde, volunteer of the Red Cross of Cabo Verde and honorary member of the Association of Women Jurists of Cabo Verde. Green.

Professional skills and competences

To be part of his curriculum, Clovis Isildo Barbosa de Lomba Silva is equipped with many skills and professional skills in various areas of knowledge. He stands out as trainer of Trainers by the Regional Training Center for the Prevention and Suppression of Gender-Based Sexual Violence in the Great Lakes Region (MAASTRICH SCHOOL OF MANAGMENT and THE World Bank), international consultant in Gender and New Forms of Masculinities ( FNUAP/MASFAMU Angola 2019), promoter and facilitator of reflective groups for the rehabilitation of GBV offenders and has solid computer knowledge from the user's perspective - Office, Outlook, Internet.

But its technical skills do not stop there. Clovis is co-author of the book “Annotated Version of the Special Law on GBV”, collaborator of the book “Screams in silence – Pedophilia, Sexual Abuse and Cape Verdean Society”, Legal consultant in the drafting of the Bill on Gender-Based Violence, approved by the Parliament of Cape Verde by Law No. 84/VII/2011 of January 10 and trainer in the area of Gender and Masculinity with a focus on measures to prevent gender-based violence in Universities and Higher Education Institutions. He is also qualified as a trainer in the Legal field, with a focus on Gender-Based Violence, given to prosecutors and judges in Cape Verde and a lecturer on Gender-Based Violence in the Islands of Brava, Fogo, Santiago, Maio, Boavista, Sal, Santo Antao and Sao Vicente.

Clovis Isildo Barbosa de Lomba Silva works, on the other hand, as a lecturer in matters of Social Law by the Parliament of Cape Verde, ICIEG, Ombudsman, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Justice, National Directorate of Education, Municipality of Brava, Chamber Municipality of São Filipe, Municipality of Mosteiros, Rede Laço Branco de Cabo Verde and Chamber of Commerce of Cabo Verde Not to mention lectures given at the Red Cross on matters of Law and Citizenship on Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure to the National Police in the context of of cooperation between the 2nd Class Court of the District of Brava and the Brava PN Police Station.

New vision for Brava and pact with citizens

Launched as it is, this 42-year-old staff member, with multifaceted skills, is the PAICV candidate for the presidency of the Municipality of Brava in the elections scheduled for the last quarter of this year. The central objective, according to supporters of Clovis Isildo Barbosa de Lomba Silva, is to support, through a pact to be established with the citizens, a program with a new vision of development to take «Djabraba» out of the stagnation situation to which it was subjected by the current council team over the past four years.

In addition to residents, the Tambarina candidate intends to rely, according to a source from the same party, on the strong engagement of Brave residents abroad, mainly those living in the USA who never hid their strong love for their home island, as the poet sang Eugene Tavares.