The elected president of the Guinea-Bissau parliament, Domingos Simões Pereira, today sent a note of condemnation to the representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa for the visit of a rapporteur from that organization to the headquarters of the Guinean institution.
In the note addressed to Leonardo Simão, to which Lusa had access, Simões Pereira demonstrates his "deep indignation" at the recent visit of Siobhán Mullally, United Nations Special Rapporteur on human trafficking, especially women and children.
Without mentioning the name of Mullaly, who was in Guinea-Bissau for 11 days in contact with official and private entities, the note of repudiation from the elected president of parliament is indignant mainly because it was received by Satu Camará.
"We consider it unacceptable that an international entity of such relevance and responsibility has promoted an act that, inadvertently, gives legitimacy to a scenario of affront to democratic principles and the rule of law in our country", says the note.
Domingos Simões Pereira also says that the hearing granted to Mulllaly at the headquarters of the Guinean parliament "constitutes a clear violation of current laws and citizens' rights" which, he said, "threatens the legitimate functioning of institutions and weakens democratic foundations".
"We remember that Mrs. Camará took control of the National Popular Assembly with the use of armed men and the breaking into the offices of the holders of this sovereign body legitimately elected by their peers, at the beginning of the legislature, thus usurping the functions of President of the Guinean Parliament", he highlights in the note.
Simões Pereira understands that "any support" for Satu Camará's leadership on behalf of the Guinean parliament "constitutes support for an institutional coup d'état and represents an affront to the people and the government system" in Guinea-Bissau.
Pereira says he is open to support from the international community for a dialogue between Guineans, within justice and legitimacy, so that they can return to constitutional normality in the country.
"We ask the international community to carefully reevaluate its actions in the country, in order to ensure that, instead of fostering instability, they contribute to the construction of a democratic and fair future for all citizens", highlights the note of repudiation addressed especially Mozambican Leonardo Simão.
The letter was also addressed with the knowledge of the resident coordinator of the United Nations system in Guinea-Bissau, Genevieve Bourin, and several other officials of the global organization.
