Guinea Bissaus Prime Minister to resign

Guinea Bissaus Prime Minister to resign

Guinea Bissau’s Prime Minister Baciro Dja said on Wednesday that he would submit his resignation after the Supreme Court ruled that his appointment by the president last month violated the West African nation’s constitution.

“I will draw the political consequences (from the ruling) by drafting my letter of resignation which I will submit to the head of state,” Dja told journalists.

Guinea Bissau’s Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the decision of President Jose Mario Vaz to appoint a new prime minister by presidential decree amid a political row last month violated the West African nation’s constitution.

“The plenary session of the Supreme Court of Justice declares unconstitutional, notably by its form, the presidential decree,” the court said in a declaration distributed to journalists.

Guinea Bissau President Jose Mario Vaz named a new prime minister on Thursday in a bid to end a power vacuum after he dismissed Domingos Simoes Pereira last week, according to a presidential decree read on state radio.

The appointment of Baciro Dja was condemned by some members of the ruling PAIGC party who called for a public protest in the coastal capital Bissau.

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