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Malu of PRS elected parliamentary speaker

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    Parliament voted 66-34 on Friday for Jorge Malu, of the Partido da Renovacao (PRS), as speaker of Guinea-Bissau’s 102-member house, Lusa reported.

    Lusa said Malu received support from parliamentarians from the outgoing Partido Africano da Independencia da Guine e Cabo Verde (PAIGC) in overcoming his rival, Helder Vaz, leader of the Resistencia da Guinea-Bissau Movimento Ba-Fata (RGB-MB) Guinea-Bissau.

    The PRS won 38 parliamentary seats in the legislative elections on 28 November 1999. The RGB won 29 and the PAIGC 24, with smaller parties holding the remaining seats, Lusa said.

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