The Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau, Braima Camará, was evacuated to Dakar on Monday evening aboard a special military flight, after having been the victim of a malaise just after his oath as a member of the Conseil d’État, APA learned. The Prime Minister of Bissau-Guinea was unwell immediately after the official ceremony of his oath-taking. Due to a sudden indisposition, the chef du gouvernement was quickly transported to the principal military hospital of Bissau where he received first aid. The military doctors diagnosed a slight drop in blood pressure, mainly due to accumulated fatigue, explains the source. Faced with the state of the Prime Minister, President Umaro Sissoco Embaló ordered his medical evacuation to the Senegalese capital. The evacuation, organized “sous the good offices” of the head of state, according to the terms of the official communiqué, aims to allow Braima Camará to benefit from a “complete and rigorous medical examination” in the Dakar health facilities. This medical evacuation takes place in a delicate political context for Guinea-Bissau, where institutional tensions remain recurrent. The state of health of the Prime Minister, a key figure in the government, raises questions about the continuity of executive action in the short term. The Bissau-Guinean authorities did not specify the expected duration of the medical stay in Dakar, merely mentioning the need to ensure “the safeguarding of his complete physical condition” and “the continuity of the high functions” he performs.
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