US EditionGuinea-Bissau: What Students Expect From the Presidential Elections
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Guinea-Bissau is preparing to elect, on 23 November, its next president as well as the 102 Members of Parliament, dissolved and arrested, for the past two years. It is the presidential one that concentrates all the attentions. The current president Umaro Sissoco Embalo is running a second term. The opposition, weakened by the unprecedented exclusion of Domingos Simões Pereira and the party of the struggle for independence the PAIGC, stands behin…
Guinea-Bissau’s presidential poll has already failed the credibility test
Guinea-Bissau heads into its November elections against the backdrop of a deepening crisis of electoral legitimacy across Africa. In recent months, a string of elections has reinforced the perception that incumbency, not competition, remains the standard. In Cameroon, 92-year-old Paul Biya claimed an eighth consecutive term after officially winning 53.7% of a vote widely denounced as fraudulent and met with protests. Read more: Paul Biya's life…
Guinea-Bissau’s presidential poll failed credibility test
Kentucky (US), Nov 17 (The Conversation) Guinea-Bissau heads into its November elections against the backdrop of a deepening crisis of electoral legitimacy across Africa. In recent months, a string of elections has reinforced the perception that incumbency, not competition, remains the standard. In Cameroon, 92-year-old Paul Biya claimed an eighth consecutive term after officially winning 53.7% of a vote widely denounced as fraudulent and met wi…
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