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Guinea-Bissau's ruling party rejects new PM, calls for protest

By AFP
Guinea Guinea-Bissau's President Jose Mario Vaz on August 20, 2015 appointed former minister Baciro Dja as prime minister.  By Sia Kambou AFPFile
AUG 20, 2015 LISTEN
Guinea-Bissau's President Jose Mario Vaz on August 20, 2015 appointed former minister Baciro Dja as prime minister. By Sia Kambou (AFP/File)

Bissau (AFP) - Guinea Bissau's ruling party angrily rejected President Jose Mario Vaz's new choice for prime minister Thursday, deepening a political crisis in the troubled west African nation a week after the government was sacked.

The African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) "will never accept a constitutional coup d'etat. We will demonstrate this later during our protest," said party official Fernando Saldhana.

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