2009, ISBN: 9781156278963

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: This article is part of the series: Politics and government ofGuinea-Bissau A parliamentary election was held on 16 November 2008 in Guinea-Bissau. The African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) won a majority of 67 out of 100 seats, while the Party for Social Renewal (PRS) won Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: This article is part of the series: Politics and government ofGuinea-Bissau A parliamentary election was held on 16 November 2008 in Guinea-Bissau. The African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) won a majority of 67 out of 100 seats, while the Party for Social Renewal (PRS) won 28 seats. The head of the National Electoral Commission (CNE), El Hadj Malam Mané, said on December 8, 2007 that the election would be held between October 23 and November 25, 2008. On December 5, 2007, President João Bernardo Vieira met with 35 party leaders, and 33 of them agreed to the CNE's date range; two parties, the National Unity Party and the Party for Democracy, Development and Citizenship (PADEC), disagreed, wanting the election to be held in March or April 2008. At a rally in Gabu on July 17, 2007, President Vieira said that the election would be held together with the next presidential election in 2009 in order to save money, but the National People's Assembly did not agree to this. In a speech before the National People's Assembly on 24 March 2008, Vieira sharply criticized Prime Minister Martinho Ndafa Kabi's government for not adequately preparing for the election, saying that "the government did not create the conditions to facilitate the holding of the legislative elections within the times required by the Constitution". He also noted that the Assembly's mandate would expire on 21 April 2008, four years after the previous election, and that afterwards the Assembly's work have to be handled solely by its Standing Committee. On 25 March, after consultations with political party representatives, civil society, the CNE, and foreign diplomats, Vieira decided on 16 November 2008 as the date of the election. On 27 March, the Assembl. More: Books, , Elections-In-Guinea-Bissau~~Books-Llc, , , , , , , , , , General Books LLC<

2008, ISBN: 1156278961

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