Guinea-Bissau Political Disaster – API CG Coalition and PAIGC Name for Widespread March to Defend Democracy – The Gambia Journal

Gambiaj.com – (BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau) The Inclusive Patriotic Alliance Cabas Garande (API CG), a coalition comprising MADEM G15, the PRS, FREPASNA, and APU-PDGB, has introduced plans to prepare a well-liked march on November 15 to “rescue the country and democracy,” following a collection of controversial political developments in Guinea-Bissau.

The coalition’s choice, made throughout a press convention on Sunday, was a direct response to latest actions by the federal government and the Supreme Court of Guinea-Bissau, which they declare have undermined democratic processes within the nation.

Fidélis Forbs, the interim coordinator of MADEM G15, spoke passionately in regards to the deteriorating political state of affairs, asserting that their motion is dedicated to peace and dialogue however warned that the federal government’s actions might power them into road protests.

“We are the defenders of the peace of dialogue; therefore, we call for the Guinean people, especially political actors, to act responsibly,” Forbs stated. “If things continue down this path, we will make a popular march to rescue our country, even in the face of tear gas.”

The name for protests follows the announcement on November 1 by the federal government, citing “technical conditions” as the rationale for suspending the legislative elections initially scheduled for November 24. President Umaro Sissoco Embaló’s subsequent assertion confirmed the postponement, with no new date set for the elections, additional intensifying considerations over the nation’s political stability.

The political disaster deepened on November 4, when the PR issued a decree repealing the earlier decree that set the election date. The state of affairs worsened with a ruling from the Supreme Court of Justice (STJ), which ordered the API CG, below the coordination of Braima Camará and Fernando Dias of the PRS, to resign their membership from their respective events. In one other contentious choice, the courtroom prohibited the API CG from taking part within the postponed legislative elections.

Meanwhile, to “reposition constitutional normality in the country,” the chief of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) and coordinator of the PAI Terra-Ranka Coalition introduced on Monday that his coalition had agreed to provoke joint coverage actions with the Platform of the Inclusive Alliance, API (Cabas Garandi).

Simões Pereira revealed that, through the assembly, the 2 teams agreed that their respective secretariats would collaborate to suggest a sensible motion timetable aimed toward restoring constitutional normality in Guinea-Bissau.

When requested in regards to the implementation of this calendar and whether or not it could contain road protests, he defined that they’d depend on the political platforms and groupings for steerage.

At the assembly of the “Cabas Garandi” API leaders, spokesperson Baciro Djá expressed satisfaction with the proposed timeline. Djá reiterated their dedication to pursuing the political calls for and motion plan, together with the deliberate marches on November 14, 15, and 16.