Guinea-Bissau President Jose Mario Vaz rejected on Tuesday, October 6th 2015, a cabinet proposed by his new prime minister, dealing a blow to efforts aimed at turning the page on a crisis that has threatened to destabilise the coup-plagued West African nation.<\/p>\n
Carlos Correia was appointed premier on September 8 following weeks of political turmoil triggered by Vaz’s dismissal of Prime Minister Domingos Simoes Pereira and his government over a row between the two rivals within the ruling PAIGC party.<\/p>\n
After more than a month of political haggling, Correia submitted a list of ministers to the president on October 2. However Mario Vaz said the cabinet was too large.<\/p>\n
“The presidency asks Carlos Correia to reformulate his 34-member government because the state budget will not be able to cover the cost,” said a statement released by the president’s office.<\/p>\n
Vaz also complained that the prime minister’s cabinet was largely composed of ministers from Pereira’s dismissed government, some of whom are facing court cases over alleged corruption.<\/p>\n
Pereira was himself named on Correia’s list as minister to the presidency in charge of cabinet meetings and government spokesman.<\/p>\n
The former Portuguese colony has become a major transit point for cocaine smuggled from South America to Europe amid chronic political instability that has seen the country rocked by nine coups or attempted coups since 1980.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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