Introduction

Comrade Imani Na Umoja providing an update (21 February 2020) on the political stalemate related to the contested runoff elections that took place in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa in December 2019.

Video Highlights

• Suspected voting fraud and irregularities discovered after initial election results released on 1 January 2020
• 11 January 2020 the Guinea-Bissau Supreme Court, citing Article 95, stated they could not make a decision on the election without the report on the Voter Election process from the National Electoral Council (CNE)
• 17 January 2020 The CNE decided, despite the position of the Supreme Court, to issue “Official Results”, allowing Umaro Sissoco Embaló of the Madem G15 party to announce himself as President elect
• Attempts to confuse Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN) to accept the fraudulent results failed
• Some of the irregularities found included multiple results reported from same polling stations, and more votes cast than the number of registered voters
• Majority of the people are in support of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) and Presidential candidate Domingos Simões Pereira
• Article 148, formerly Article 150, stated that if there is electoral fraud, there must be new elections in the location of the fraud
• Recent precedence in Africa of annulled elections due to fraud have taken place in Malawi and Kenya
• Current situation is not just an issue for Guinea-Bissau, but also Africa and humanity