Guinea Bissau holds voting for legislative elections

STORY: Guinea Bissau holds voting for legislative elections DATELINE: June 5, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:38 LOCATION: Bissau CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1 various of President Umaro Sissoco Embalo voting in a polling station in the Gabu region 2 various of people voting STORYLINE: Voting for legislative elections of Guinea Bissau was held on Sunday. About 900,000 Bissau-Guinean voters cast their votes at the 3,500 polling stations during the seventh legislative elections in the country's history, according to the national electoral commission of the country. President Umaro Sissoco Embalo promised that he would use these legislative elections "to stabilize the country and rekindle the economy." The vote took place under the supervision of 230 international observers, most of whom are from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Twenty political parties and two coalitions are in the running to renew the 102 seats in the National Assembly for a five-year term. Xinhua News Agency correspon