By RFIPosted on 06-11-2019Modified on 06-11-2019 at 18:57
The standoff is getting tougher in Guinea-Bissau, following the dismissal of the Aristide Gomes government by President José Mario Vaz last week, but which remains supported by the international community. With less than three weeks of the presidential election and before an extraordinary summit of the ECOWAS scheduled Friday in Niamey, the actors of the crisis raise the tone.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, the defense council calls on the defense and security forces to " facilitate " the access of the new government members to the ministries, in order to install the team appointed by the president by force in the offices instead of the Aristide Gomes team. This follows the defense council convened by the president on Monday night and Tuesday night.
For its part, the government of Aristide Gomes held at midday a council of ministers at the government palace, which was closed in the morning, access was blocked by the National Guard. In a statement, he considers the defense council illegal, recalls that the president's term has " expired ", and calls on the defense and security forces to stay away from " political quarrels. "
In the wake, the ECOWAS that sent a delegation here last Sunday has issued an ultimatum to the members of the government of Faustino Imbali appointed by the president: the West African organization gives them 48 hours to resign, so before the summit in Niamey, under penalty of " heavy penalties . "
No way out of the deadlock for now, each party stays on its line, and the ball is probably now in the camp of the defense and security forces.
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