Situationen i Guinea-Bissau var ganske vist allerede unormal med en nationalforsamling, der var blevet opløst, og med en valgproces med henblik på valg af en ny nationalforsamling, der var stødt mod stadig flere forhindringer.
Admittedly, the situation in Guinea-Bissau was already abnormal, since the People’s National Assembly had been dissolved and the process of electing a new assembly was proving increasingly difficult.