The PCP strongly condemns the actions carried out by a self-proclaimed “military high command” that have undermined the constitutional order of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau and the functioning of its institutions, preventing the announcement of the results of the legislative and presidential elections scheduled for 27 November, invading the campaign headquarters of presidential candidate Fernando Dias da Costa and seizing Domingos Simões Pereira, President of the People’s National Assembly of Guinea-Bissau and leader of the PAIGC, as well as other political leaders and Guinean citizens.

In solidarity with the Guinean people, the PCP calls for the immediate establishment of democratic constitutional order in Guinea-Bissau, an end to persecutions and the immediate release of Domingos Simões Pereira and all Guinean political leaders and citizens who have been illegally and arbitrarily detained, and full respect for the legitimate will of the Guinean people as expressed in the recent legislative and presidential elections of last November 23, with the announcement of the election results.