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On December 4, President Umaro Sissoco Embalo dissolved the National People’s Assembly citing an alleged coup attempt. The move followed just months after a coalition led by the African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC) won a decisive majority in the elections.
Guinea-Bissau’s legislative elections scheduled for 4 June will have significant implications for achieving political stability in the country. Critical institutional reforms (notably a revision of the constitution), which have long been a source of division among political actors, will depend on the post-election balance of power. The polls were scheduled following the dissolution of the National People’s Assembly (NPA) by President Umaro Sissoco Embaló in May 2022. The decree dissolving Parliament cited persistent differences between the institution and other government br...
With less than two months to go, the main political parties still have not agreed on the electoral rules....
But with less than two months to go, the main political parties still haven’t agreed on the electoral rules.
The president denounced the perpetrators of the attempted coup on February 1st