Guinea-Bissau's Ousted President to Return From Exile, Run for Office
- Umaro Sissoco Embalo, Guinea-Bissau’s ousted former president, told AFP he plans to return from exile and run in the presidential election scheduled for December 6.
- The army seized power after a presidential vote, removed Embalo, and suspended the electoral process.
- General Horta N’Tam cannot run under the transitional charter.
- Voters approved constitutional changes giving the president more powers, while opposition groups urged a boycott of the December elections.
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The former President of Guinea-Bissau had been overthrown last year by a military coup. Several militants of his party announced his return to the country in OctoberThe former President of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, in exile since he was overthrown by a putsch 10 months ago, announced Monday to the AFP that he will be "candidate to the presidential elections" on 6 December next supposed to restore the constitutional order.Guinea-Bissau…
Former President of Guinea-BIssau is due to return to the country in the coming days. Embaló says that he "keeps close" Horta N'Tam Inta-la, transitional president after the coup d'état.
Guinea-Bissau's ousted Embalo to return, run for president
Guinea-Bissau’s exiled former president, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, who was ousted in a November coup, says he will return and run for president in a December 6 Read More: https://punchng.com/guinea-bissaus-ousted-embalo-to-return-run-for-president/
Less than a year after the coup d'état which drove him out of power, the former President of Guinea-Bissau, currently in exile, wants to regain power. His return is already scheduled and he is putting on a "Republican Platform" of which he will be the candidate.
Former Guinean President Umaro Sissoco Embaló announced his "voluntary return to the country" on October 4th and called for his arrival to take place "in an environment of harmony, tolerance and mutual respect".
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