Published on : 17/05/2022 – 02:13Modified : 17/05/2022 – 02:15
In Guinea-Bissau, the president announced Monday, May 16 the dissolution of parliament. Early legislative elections will be organized before the end of the year. In a message to the nation, Umaro Sissoco Embalo felt that “ the capital of trust between the organs of sovereignty is exhausted ».
The Bissau-Guinean president says he made his decision, following hearing the president of the National Assembly, the parties represented in parliament and the Council of State. Umaro Sissoco Embalo cites persistent differences that cannot be resolved with Parliament, which according to him has become “ a space for political guerrilla warfare and conspiracy ».
A presidential decree accuses Parliament of having protected deputies implicated in corruption cases, and of having refused to submit to an audit of its accounts.
Early elections on December 18, 2022
The subjects of disagreement between the head of state and parliament are numerous, including the parliamentary immunity of his presidential opponent, Domingo Simões Pereira, of the PAIGC. The differences also take place on the revision of the Constitution or the announcement by ECOWAS of the dispatch of a stabilization force following the troubles of February 1, described by the authorities as new coup attempt.
Umaro Sissoco Embalo says he wants to “give back the voice of the Bissau-Guineans » so that they can choose the parliament they wish to have. A presidential decree sets the early legislative elections for December 18, 2022.
