Evoking personal and political reasons, the Minister of Foreign Affairs (MNE), Suzy Barbosa, resigned on January 24, and the Prime Minister, Aristides Gomes, through an order, accepted the request, ordering his resignation. replacement in the Government by the Minister of Justice, Ruth Monteiro.
For Sissoco Embaló, the act of Aristides Gomes “has no legal nature and should not be accepted by ambassadors” country abroad. “But, any ambassador who takes the order of Aristides Gomes, when I take office, starting on the 27th, returns to the country in custody, arrested”, declared Sissoco Embaló.
For Umaro Sissoco Embaló, an order can never revoke a presidential decree and Aristides Gomes “should be concerned with paying salaries” to public officials.
Suzy Barbosa, deputy and member of the central committee of the African Independence Party of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), asked for the resignation of the post of head of Guinean diplomacy, following criticism that was targeted when she was seen in the company of Umaro Sissoco Embaló, in the visits he has made to several countries.
In the order of his replacement by Ruth Monteiro, the Prime Minister announced that Suzy Barbosa is prevented from speaking or acting on behalf of diplomacy and the Government of Guinea-Bissau.
The National Elections Commission (CNE) released on January 1 the provisional results of the second round of the presidential elections, without, according to the Supreme Court of Justice, having finished the national counting.
Following an electoral litigation appeal by Domingos Simões Pereira, supported by the PAIGC, the Supreme Court of Justice had already issued a judgment requesting compliance with article 95 of the Electoral Law, having later, in a clarification, insisting on need to carry out national counting.
The CNE, for its part, has claimed that it concluded the process with the disclosure of the definitive results, which give victory to Umaro Sissoco Embaló, supported by the Movement for Democratic Alternation (Madem G-15), with 53.55% of the votes , while Domingos Simões Pereira had 46.45%.
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