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Guinea-Bissau: Judicial System ‘Weaponized’ in PR-Government Conflict

The political tension between PAIGC and the support group for the Presidency of the Republic extended to the justice sector and gained strength with the public interventions of the party leader and current president of the National People's Assembly, DOMINGOS SIMÕES PEREIRA (DSP) and with the resignation of the President of the Supreme Court of Justice (STJ), JOSÉ PEDRO SAMBÚ (JPS). READ MORE