PAIGC welcomes partial lifting of political restrictions
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on O Democrata
The PAIGC welcomes the partial lifting of restrictions on political and party activities in Guinea-Bissau, after nearly a year of limitations. The party sees the measure as a step towards democratic normalisation and calls for the release of remaining political detainees, according to its 7 November resolution.
The PAIGC, Guinea-Bissau's main political party, is calling on its members to prepare for the resumption of political activities with “calm, discipline and serenity”, after the partial lifting of restrictions imposed for about a year. The party welcomed the decision by the High Military Command, according to a resolution adopted at a meeting of its National Secretariat on 7 November and reported by O Democrata.
The PAIGC also welcomed the release of several military personnel and political prisoners who had been detained for more than a year and called on the transitional authorities to release the other detainees who, according to the party, remain without legal proceedings. The party wants all restrictions still in force to be removed to allow political life to return to normal and calls for dialogue and reconciliation among Guinea-Bissau's political actors, according to its resolution.
The decision follows the partial lifting by the military on 6 November of the ban on political activities the military eases political ban in Guinea-Bissau. It also comes two days after Umaro Sissoco Embaló called on his supporters to resume their political activities, on 7 November Umaro Sissoco Embaló calls on supporters to resume political activities.
