Guinea Bissau: Guinea-Bissau Votes in Referendum On Giving President More Powers
Voters in military-run Guinea-Bissau will cast ballots on Sunday in a referendum that could give the president more powers ahead of a general election meant to restore civilian rule later this year.
The ruling junta has unanimously approved a constitutional amendment for the country to switch to a presidential system from a parliamentary one, and now the public will be asked to back it." After the junta seized power last November it appointed General Horta N'Tam as transitional president, under a transitional charter which bars him from running for election.
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