Ilídio Vieira Té, Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau, spoke today to Guinean journalists about the assessment of the first 100 days of the transitional government, established following the military coup of November 26th.

Among various considerations, Vieira Té stated that the Government cannot solve, in 100 days, the “structural problems of decades” that Guinea-Bissau has, but affirmed that the executive has already demonstrated “the path it wants to follow”. One of the paths, said Té, is the improvement of relations with international partners, namely with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank.

The World Bank announced in January that it had suspended all operations and financing to Guinea-Bissau following the coup d'état at the end of November and that it was "closely monitoring" the situation in the country.

“The World Bank Group is closely monitoring the situation in Guinea-Bissau. The World Bank has not abandoned Guinea-Bissau. There is normal technical cooperation and evaluation between international partners.”.

The Guinean prime minister confirmed today that disbursements and projects have been suspended in this Portuguese-speaking African country.

Ilídio Vieira Té also referred to the IMF to highlight the Fund's recent assessment of the country's macroeconomic performance, in which Guinea-Bissau recently reached a technical agreement that will allow the country to receive a disbursement of 3,3 million dollars.

The agreement, within the framework of the financial adjustment program, is still subject to approval by the institution's management.

A month ago, the IMF announced that it was reassessing the financial assistance program for Guinea-Bissau, which has been in place since 2023, approved at the end of January of that year for a total of $37,9 million (€32,6 million) and increased at the end of that year to approximately $53 million (€46 million).

Of this amount, Guinea-Bissau has already received around 50 million dollars (43 million euros) since the start of the program.

Ilídio Vieira Té also highlighted that the transitional government will continue with the policy of in-person payment of salaries to public employees, following the experience with workers from the Ministry of Education.

The Prime Minister of the transitional government acknowledged that the executive branch is working under "enormous pressure not to fail the Guinean people," but will do everything to guarantee institutional stability, making adjustments to the cabinet "only if necessary."

The authority of the State will be preserved by the Government, said Ilídio Vieira Té, who believes that political manipulation and ethnic division will be combated in Guinea-Bissau, which, he said, cannot view its diversity as a threat.

The leader reiterated that the country suspended itself from the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) because it is not obligated to remain in an organization that does not respect Guinea-Bissau.

"Those who do not respect us are not obligated to respect this institution, as a sovereign state.""he said.

Regarding the legislative and presidential elections scheduled by the Guinean transitional president, General Horta Inta-a, for December 06th, Vieira Té stated that instead of a complete voter registration drive, there will be progressive updates to the existing voter registration lists.

A self-proclaimed High Military Command staged a coup d'état on the eve of the announcement of the provisional results of the legislative and presidential elections, held on November 23, 2025. The military cited the imminence of a civil war in the country as justification.

Following the coup d'état, Guinea-Bissau was suspended from several organizations of which it is a member, namely the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the African Union and the CPLP, which are demanding a return to constitutional normality in order to lift the measure.

The CPLP (Community of Portuguese Language Countries) cancelled a good offices mission that had been scheduled for February 17-21, following an exchange of accusations between Guinea-Bissau and Timor-Leste, which temporarily assumed the presidency of the organization previously held by Bissau.

ECOWAS and the African Union have sent missions to Guinea-Bissau to mediate the transition process in the country, which the military has defined as a maximum period of 12 months.