Constitutional Power Grab in Guinea Bissau: A Recipe for Instability?
The approval of a new constitution in Guinea Bissau that significantly expands presidential powers has sent shockwaves through the tiny West African nation.
The revised constitution reduces the number of seats in parliament from 102 to 65 and cuts electoral constituencies from 29 to 12, but its most contentious provision requires presidential candidates to have lived continuously in the country for at least five years before the vote.