Four ministers and a secretary of state from the Resistencia da Guine (RGB) party who had been sacked last week by President Kumba Yala have been reinstated by presidential decree, media organisations reported. The decree was published on Thursday, a day after it was issued.
The ministers were sacked after a power-sharing row between the RGB and its coalition partner, Yala's Partido de Renovacao Social (PRS). Their reinstatement resulted from negotiations the two parties began a week ago, according to RDP Africa, a Portuguese radio station.
The split had threatened to cause a major political crisis in the country since the PRS does not have an absolute majority in parliament. It has 37 of the 102 seats, the RGB has 27 and the former ruling Partido Africano para a Independencia da Guine e Cabo Verde (PAIGC) has 25.
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