A new government was formed on 3 July 2019, with the exception of the appointment of a new Attorney General, which remains a source of controversy among political actors. There are also differences of opinion on the Constitution of the Office of Parliament. Given the serious security implications of the ECOMIB withdrawal and the renewed ability of Bissau-Guinean political stakeholders to engage in direct talks, in particular with regard to the appointment of a consensus MP, the ECOWAS Authority, at the 4 June 2017 summit in Liberia, extended the mandate of ECOMIB by three months and reaffirmed for the first time that it was committed to imposing targeted sanctions on all those who hindered the proper implementation of the agreement. if warranted. He again congratulated the army on its non-interference in the political impasse and asked it to continue in the same way.14 Until October 2017, it was clear that the parties concerned had not reached an agreement on a consensual PM. The Ministerial Monitoring Committee undertook a mission to Bissau from 2 to 3 December 2017 to re-elect the situation. The committee presented its report at the 52nd Summit of Prime Ministers and Governments, which met in Abuja, Nigeria, on 16 December 2017. At the summit, the Authority deplored the lack of progress in implementing the Conakry agreement and instructed Condé to engage the ECOWAS Ombudsman for Guinea-Bissau and President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé Eyadéma of Togo and ECOWAS President, who is responsible for meeting with all stakeholders in Guinea-Bissau within a month. , otherwise individual and collective sanctions would be imposed on all. which have hampered the implementation of the agreement. The summit then called on the international community – in particular the UN, the AU and all sub-regional organisations – to help ECOWAS implement sanctions.15 In response to the Authority`s directive, Vaz Augusto appointed Artur Da Silva as Prime Minister on 30 January 2018, but this appointment was again rejected by PAIGC leaders due to a lack of consultation and consensus. On 14 February, the Secretary-General`s Special Representative for Guinea-Bissau, Modibo Touré, informed the Council of the Secretary-General`s most recent report and developments in Guinea-Bissau. Ambassador Mauro Viera (Brazil), President of the Configuration of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, also made statements on behalf of ECOWAS by representatives of Guinea-Bissau and Liberia.
Following consultations, the members of the Security Council published press reports expressing concern about the political impasse in Guinea-Bissau and urged national stakeholders to implement the Conakry agreement and the ECOWAS roadmap. On 23 February, the Council adopted Resolution 2343 extending the mandate of UNIOGBIS until 28 February 2018.
