US EditionGuinea-Bissau Electoral Commission Says Armed Men Destroyed Election Ballots
The military dissolved state institutions after a presidential vote with 65% turnout, promising a one-year transition amid accusations of corruption and political destabilization.
- Guinea-Bissau's electoral commission said armed men destroyed most of the vote count from the country's election, leaving only tally sheets from the capital Bissau.
- Incumbent President Umaro Sissoco Embalé and opposition candidate Fernando Dias both claimed victory in the Nov. 23 presidential election.
- Three days after the vote, military officers seized power, suspended the election citing alleged vote rigging, and installed Gen. Horta Inta as head of a one-year transitional government.
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Guinea-Bissau cannot complete presidential election, commission says
Guinea-Bissau's electoral commission said on Tuesday it was unable to complete the November 23 presidential election process after armed men seized ballots and vote tallies from its offices, while servers storing the results were destroyed.
Guinea-Bissau electoral commission says armed men destroyed election ballots
Following a military coup in Guinea-Bissau last week, the country’s electoral commission said Tuesday armed men had destroyed most of the vote count from the country’s election, and that it would be unable to publish results.
The National Elections Commission of Guinea-Bissau declared "all impossible to continue and complete the electoral process", due to "the confiscation of equipment and action by armed men".
On Tuesday, 2 December, the Guinea-Bissau Electoral Commission announced that it was unable to publish the results of the presidential and legislative elections, owing to the confiscation by the army of the minutes from the various regions of the country. The documents of the capital Bissau, as well as the telephones and computers of the body responsible for organizing the elections, had also been seized on the day of the military coup. "The ele…
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