🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe Politics Story: Government formation in São Tomé12 November 2026

São Tomé: ADI claims majority with MCI-PS/PUN

By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Rádio Somos Todos Primos

Américo Ramos’s ADI party has signed a parliamentary support agreement with the MCI-PS/PUN coalition, claiming a majority to govern São Tomé and Príncipe. The announcement comes after President Carlos Vila Nova’s 24-hour deadline for MLSTP to name a prime minister expired, according to Rádio Somos Todos Primos.

ADI president Américo Ramos says he has a parliamentary support agreement with the MCI-PS/PUN coalition to allow his party to govern São Tomé and Príncipe for four years. The two parties signed an agreement to support the next government after the legislative elections on 27 September, according to Rádio Somos Todos Primos.

Américo Ramos asked São Tomé and Príncipe President Carlos Vila Nova to summon ADI so that it could present its candidate for prime minister. The ADI leader says he can form a government within 24 hours or less, while MCI-PS/PUN president Domingos Monteiro confirmed that his coalition will support the future executive without joining it, according to Rádio Somos Todos Primos.

President Carlos Vila Nova had given MLSTP, which won the legislative elections without an absolute majority, 24 hours to propose a prime minister accompanied by a guarantee of parliamentary support. ADI and its allies had already claimed a 29-seat majority on 8 October.

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