The man that Guinea-Bissau's military rulers chose to run a two-year transition back to democracy has refused the offer, casting further doubt on the junta's internationally criticized roadmap to elections.
Manuel Sherif Nhamadjo, who lost in a first-round presidential poll in March before a run-off was derailed by the coup, said late on Friday April 20 he would remain in his current post of vice-president of the ruling PAIGC party.