{"id":43386,"date":"2026-08-21T13:04:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T11:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=43386"},"modified":"2026-08-21T13:04:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T11:04:58","slug":"guinea-bissau-opposition-rejects-referendum","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/guinea-bissau-opposition-rejects-referendum\/","title":{"rendered":"Guinea-Bissau opposition rejects referendum \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Political tension is escalating in Guinea-Bissau ahead of the constitutional referendum scheduled for August 30, as the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) officially rejects the vote and calls for a boycott.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The opposition party has publicly questioned the legitimacy of the transition authorities organising the process, raising serious concerns over the conditions surrounding the vote and the legal validity of the Referendum Law itself.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to challenging the legal framework, the PAIGC alleges growing restrictions on political activities, threats targeting opposition figures, and potential conflicts with Economic Community of West African States protocols on democracy and good governance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16211,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-43386","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Guinea-Bissau opposition party denounces August constitutional referendum","published_date":"2026-08-21 13:04:44","news_description":"Guinea-Bissau opposition party denounces August constitutional referendum","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43387,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43386\/revisions\/43387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=43386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}