Bissau-Guineans voted Sunday in a highly anticipated election to fill Guinea-Bissau's national legislature, more than a year after the West African nation's president dissolved parliament.
“These elections are key in determining how much support the ruling party retains in parliament,” she said. “They will shape how isolated, or otherwise, the president, who has strained relations with the powerful military, will be during the remaining 18 months of his tenure.”
Polls opened early Sunday with more than 3,500 voting stations expected in the country and the diaspora. This is the country’s seventh legislative election since opening a multi-party system nearly three decades ago.“This is a decisive election for the country, given the situation in which the country finds itself at the moment. Everyone is witness to the difficulties experienced,” voter Justino dos Santos Leguissimo said.
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