DOMINGOS SIMÕES PEREIRA (DSP), leader of the PAIGC and winner of the JUN elections. with an absolute majority, decided to exclude the “party apparatus” from the new government, in a tactical option that will last until the next presidential elections, scheduled for late 2024, where he will be a candidate against the likely re-candidate PR UMARO SISSOCO EMBALÓ (USE).

The PAIGC chose to control only a few ministries of sovereignty and the “easy” portfolios, for which figures faithful to DSP were appointed: the Ministry of Economy and Finance is in charge of SULEIMANE SEIDI, a State cadre trained in accounting, but major decisions should fall directly on GM; CARLOS PINTO PEREIRA (CPP) was appointed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. READ MORE