比绍，10月2日——几内亚比绍军方决定阻止前总统乌马罗·西索科·恩巴洛返回这个西非国家，理由是出于国家安全考虑以及维护公共秩序的需要。
BISSAU, Oct 2 - The military leaders of Guinea-Bissau have decided to block former President Umaro Sissoco Embalo from returning to the West African country, citing national security concerns and the need to preserve public order.
据一位知情人士本周初向路透社透露，去年11月在军事政变中被赶下台的恩巴洛原计划于周日回国，并参加定于12月举行的总统选举。
• Embalo, who was toppled in a military coup last November, had planned to return on Sunday and contest a presidential election scheduled for December, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters earlier this week
去年的政变正值总统及议会选举结果即将公布的关头。发动政变的军方高级军官随即暂停了选举进程，并任命霍尔塔·因塔阿少将担任过渡时期总统。此后，恩巴洛一直流亡在外。
• The coup last year came shortly before results from presidential and legislative elections were due to be announced • The senior army officers who carried it out suspended the electoral process and installed Major-General Horta Inta-a as transitional president. Embalo has been in exile since then
周四发布的政府公告称：“目前尚不具备确保前总统乌马罗·西索科·恩巴洛先生安全返回本国所需的各项安全条件。”
• "It is considered that the necessary security conditions are not yet in place to guarantee the return to national territory of the former President of the Republic, Mr Umaro Sissoco Embalo," a government statement published on Thursday said
今年8月，几内亚比绍通过全民公投通过了新宪法，该宪法扩大了总统权力并修改了选举规则。其中一项条款要求总统候选人须在过去五年内持续居住在本国境内。目前尚不清楚这一规定会对恩巴洛的参选资格产生何种影响。
• Guinea-Bissau approved a new constitution in a referendum in August that expanded presidential powers and changed electoral rules. Among other provisions, it requires presidential candidates to have lived continuously in the country for the preceding five years. It was unclear how that provision might have affected Embalo's candidacy
几内亚比绍是一个面积不大的西非葡语国家，历史上政变频发，同时也是运往欧洲的可卡因中转站。
• Guinea-Bissau, a small Portuguese-speaking West African country, has a long history of military coups and is a transit hub for cocaine bound for Europe REUTERS