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Fadul says he will not run for election in November

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    Guinea-Bissau's caretaker prime minister, Francisco Fadul, said Tuesday that he would not run in general elections planned for November, according to a LUSA report confirmed by a humanitarian source.

    LUSA reported Fadul as saying that his only political plans were "to fulfil my transitional mandate". A humanitarian source told IRIN he made the statement at a press conference in a restaurant in Bissau.

    Fadul, a political independent, was appointed five months ago to head a caretaker cabinet to prepare presidential and legislative elections. His appointment was a key part of a peace accord aimed at ending an armed forces rebellion against then-president Nino Vieira. However, the pact collapsed when the Military Junta overthrew Vieira in May.

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