Guinea-Bissau President, Umaro Sissoco Embalo
By Alberto Dabo, BISSAU
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau President, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, has
dismissed five government ministers, including the ministers of defence and the
interior, according to a decree released on Sunday.
He did not
state the reason for the dismissal of the ministers, who are all members of
Embalo’s MADEM-15 party or parties loyal to the president.
The move
heightens the political uncertainty in the tiny West African nation, where
Embalo’s declared electoral win after a December vote has been contested by
runner-up Domingos Simoes Pereira and his powerful PAIGC party.
“It is a strategy for Umaro Sissoco Embalo to gain the majority at the parliament,” pro-PAIGC website Ditadura de Consenso said in an online analysis following the release of the decree.
The
post-election turmoil has dashed hopes that the vote would end years of
institutional chaos.
Former president Jose Mario Vaz cycled through seven prime ministers in five years amid a dispute with the PAIGC, which controlled the most seats in parliament.
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