Guinea-Bissau’s Resistance party proposes six-point regime pact
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on O Democrata
The Resistance of Guinea-Bissau Movimento Ba-fata party, led by Fernando Mendes, has presented a Regime Pact for political and institutional stability. The text provides in particular for clarifying the semi-presidential system and limiting arbitrary dissolutions of the Assembly, according to O Democrata.
Fernando Mendes, president of the Resistance of Guinea-Bissau - Movimento Ba-fata (RGB/MB), announced on Tuesday 10 November 2026 that his party wants to promote a "Regime Pact" aimed at ending the country’s recurrent political, governmental and institutional crises. The document, entitled Regime Pact for Political Stability and Governance, was presented at a press conference, according to the Portuguese daily O Democrata. The proposal is part of the debate on a national political pact called for by the API-Cabaz Garandi coalition.
The pact rests on six pillars: constitutional reform and balance of powers; stabilisation of the electoral and party system; defence and security reform; independent justice and the fight against impunity; administrative reform and decentralisation; economic development model and social cohesion. On the institutional side, Fernando Mendes calls for clarifying the powers of the President and the Prime Minister in the semi-presidential system, and for framing dissolutions of the National People’s Assembly with strict criteria and minimum deadlines.
On electoral matters, he proposes a fixed timetable for presidential, legislative and municipal elections, as well as a reformed National Elections Commission based on criteria of merit, independence and impartiality. The party also wants to revise the framework law on political parties to strengthen internal democracy and transparency of funding. In defence, it advocates modernising the forces to protect the borders, control the exclusive economic zone and fight drug trafficking.
