Guinea Bissau to hold parliamentary polls November 16

Parliamentary elections in Guinea Bissau will take place 16 November, a decree by President Joao Bernardo Vieira, published here Wednesday announced. For the organisation of the elections, the government would need some five million euros. Speaking Tuesday at the parliament, whose legislature ends Friday, President Vieira disclosed the lack of financial means was one of the reasons for the delayed publication of the decree setting the date of the parliamentary elections. Panapress.