Mr. Victor Mandega, Minister of Economy, Planning and Regional Integration, has been in office since 2021. He has been replaced by “Ensuring the orderly functioning of institutions and for purposes of political convenience”refers to a presidential decree published Thursday, without further elaboration.
His position was temporarily handed over to Prime Minister Nuno Gomes Nabiam, who heads a 31-member government.
Mr. Mandega made no statement after his dismissal. He had recently denounced, according to him, the involvement of the Ministry of Finance in files that fall within the scope of his lineage.
He also spoke out against the creation of a State Secretariat for Regional Integration, under the supervision of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In addition, he no longer regularly attends government meetings.
“I was given an empty shell”A party official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
Mr Mandega, an economist by training, leads the Democratic Convergence Party (PDC), which has one seat in the National Assembly, out of 102 in the establishment controlled by the presidential camp.
He had endorsed Mr Embalo’s candidacy in the second round of the 2019 presidential election, which he won over former Prime Minister Domingos Simos Pereira, who is also the leader of the African Independence Party of Guinea and Cape Town. Energy).
Guinea-Bissau is among the last countries in the world in the ranking of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on the basis of the Human Development Index.
Since its independence from Portugal in 1974, the West African country has witnessed a large number of coups, attempted coups, and succession of governments.
