Bissau: Guinea-BissauPresident Umaro Sissoko lullaby He said Thursday he would not run for re-election in the November election.
Embalo, 51, was elected in January 2020 to succeed the outgoing president Jose Mario Vas. He defeated runner-up Domingos Simmons Pereira Received 54% of the vote and was eligible for re-election.
The surprise announcement could create a power vacuum and exacerbate political instability in the coup-prone country of about 2 million people.
At the end of Thursday night’s ministerial meeting, Embalo said his wife had dissuaded him from running again.
He said his successor would not be Pereira or two other opposition politicians, Brahma Kamara and Nuno Gomez Nabianwithout further elaboration or naming of a successor.
Embalo, a former army general who served as prime minister under Watts, inherits a long political stalemate in a country that has been plagued by coups and unrest since independence. Portugal 1974.
According to Embalo, there were two attempts to overthrow him during his presidency, most recently in December 2023.
Days later, he dissolved parliament for the second time since taking power.
After Embalo first dissolved parliament in May 2022, subsequent legislative elections overturned his plans to push for constitutional reforms that would have allowed him to consolidate power by abolishing the country’s semi-presidential system.
Under the current political system, a majority party or coalition appoints the government. But the president has the power to quash the bill in certain circumstances, which often leads to political gridlock and unrest.
The country also became a major cocaine trafficking center in the 2000s, according to experts. On Saturday, police seized 2.63 tons of cocaine on a plane departing from the United States. Venezuela.
Embalo, 51, was elected in January 2020 to succeed the outgoing president Jose Mario Vas. He defeated runner-up Domingos Simmons Pereira Received 54% of the vote and was eligible for re-election.
The surprise announcement could create a power vacuum and exacerbate political instability in the coup-prone country of about 2 million people.
At the end of Thursday night’s ministerial meeting, Embalo said his wife had dissuaded him from running again.
He said his successor would not be Pereira or two other opposition politicians, Brahma Kamara and Nuno Gomez Nabianwithout further elaboration or naming of a successor.
Embalo, a former army general who served as prime minister under Watts, inherits a long political stalemate in a country that has been plagued by coups and unrest since independence. Portugal 1974.
According to Embalo, there were two attempts to overthrow him during his presidency, most recently in December 2023.
Days later, he dissolved parliament for the second time since taking power.
After Embalo first dissolved parliament in May 2022, subsequent legislative elections overturned his plans to push for constitutional reforms that would have allowed him to consolidate power by abolishing the country’s semi-presidential system.
Under the current political system, a majority party or coalition appoints the government. But the president has the power to quash the bill in certain circumstances, which often leads to political gridlock and unrest.
The country also became a major cocaine trafficking center in the 2000s, according to experts. On Saturday, police seized 2.63 tons of cocaine on a plane departing from the United States. Venezuela.
