In Guinea-Bissau, the PAI-Terra Ranka coalition, led by the PAIGC party, won 54 seats out of 102 in Parliament, i.e. an absolute majority, during the legislative elections organized on June 4, the provisional results of which were announced. unveiled by the National Electoral Commission on June 8. The party of the country’s president, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, Madem, won 29 seats. According to the Constitution, the party which obtains the majority in Parliament automatically obtains the post of Prime Minister.
With our special correspondent in Bissau, Bineta Diagne
PAI – Terra Ranka, a coalition led by the PAIGC party, obtains an absolute majority in the National Assembly: 54 seats, far ahead of Madem, the party of the President of the Republic which obtains 29 seats.
According to the Constitution, the party that wins the majority in Parliament automatically obtains the post of Prime Minister of the country.
Concretely, Guinea-Bissau should know a cohabitation with a Prime Minister from the ranks of the PAIGC.
President Umaro Sissoco Embaló must express himself in a message to the Nation.
For his part, the PAIGC spokesperson encourages the entire political class to let work for this 4-year term and therefore to put an end to these repeated cycles of crisis at the head of the institutions of this East African state. West.
In the meantime, activists began to celebrate the victory: they went out spontaneously in the city center of the capital, with flags and pans to express their joy.