Voting for Guinea-Bissau's constitutional referendum saw low turnout at its start. The opposition, various civil society organizations and the country's largest trade union confederation called for a boycott of the ballot.
The promoters of the boycott accuse the authors of last year's coup of intending to bring Umaro Sissoco Embaló back to the country's leadership. This vote takes place in a context marked by recent political instability in the West African nation.
