Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embaló has dissolved the parliament, three months after he had said he had survived a coup attempt.

In a statement quoted by the Reuters news agency he accused the lawmakers of corruption.

He also cited “persistent and unresolved differences” with parliament, the AFP news agency reports.

“The National People’s Assembly has defended and protected, under the guise of parliamentary immunity, deputies heavily indicted for crimes of corruption, harmful administration and embezzlement,” the president said.

Mr Embaló dismissed the government, but kept both the prime minister and his deputy in place in order to keep things running until the next legislative elections.

Source:BBC