几内亚比绍于周日举行宪法公投，投票决定是否批准一项扩大总统权力、削减议会规模的宪法修订案 1。根据该方案，议会席位将从现有的102席减至65席 1。约915,000名选民已注册参与投票 1。
去年11月，军政府在一场争议选举后夺取政权，当时前总统乌马罗·西索科·恩巴洛和反对派候选人费尔南多·迪亚斯都宣称自己赢得了选举 1。军方领导层为此次宪法改革辩护，武装部队负责人托马斯·贾西将军表示："在一个社区中，只能有一个领导者。我们修订宪法是为了避免共和国总统和总理之间的持续冲突" 1。
反对派对这一方案持反对态度。非洲独立党发言人蒙尼罗·孔特指责新宪法"大幅削弱总理和政府权力" 1，反对派还呼吁民众抵制本次公投。政治分析人士保利诺·夸德也提出质疑："谁起草了这部宪法，代表谁的利益？" 1 此次公投旨在为12月的大选前完成民主过渡 1。
几内亚比绍是西非唯一的葡萄牙语国家，总人口约220万，其中超过一半的居民生活在贫困中 1。
Guinea-Bissau conducted a constitutional referendum on Sunday to determine whether to grant the president expanded authority and reduce parliamentary representation 1. The proposed constitutional changes would cut the number of parliamentary seats from 102 to 65 1. The military government seized power in November of the previous year following a disputed election in which both former President Umaro Sissoco Embalo and opposition candidate Fernando Dias claimed victory 1.
Approximately 915,000 voters were registered to participate in the vote 1. The opposition African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde called for a boycott of the referendum, with spokesperson Moniro Conte arguing that the new constitution would "significantly weaken the prime minister and government powers" 1.
General Thomas Jacinto, head of the armed forces, defended the constitutional revision, stating: "In a community, there can only be one leader. We revised the constitution to avoid ongoing conflict between the republic's president and prime minister" 1.
Political analyst Paulino Quade questioned the legitimacy of the process, asking: "Who drafted this constitution and whose interests does it represent?" 1
Guinea-Bissau, the only Portuguese-speaking country in West Africa, has a population of approximately 2.2 million, with more than half living in poverty 1.
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