The President of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, formalized on Monday the postponement of the early legislative elections initially scheduled for November 24, his services announced.
President Embalo canceled the decree of July 2024 which fixed the legislative elections on this date, indicated his political adviser, Fernando Delfim Da Silva, in a statement to journalists in Bissau.
According to the government’s opinion, “the conditions are not met for the holding of elections on the date initially set”, according to the cancellation decree. A new decree should set a new date, specifies the Guinea-Bissau presidency.
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The head of state confirmed on Saturday that he would formalize the postponement of this election this week.
The Minister of Territorial Administration, Aristides Ocante da Silva, declared that time was too short to resolve logistical and financial difficulties.
Remember that President Embalo dissolved Parliament in December 2023 three days after armed clashes which he presented as an attempted coup d’état.
A coalition formed around the historic African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), held an absolute majority in Parliament since the legislative elections of June 2023.
With MAP
