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1988 São Tomé and Príncipe coup attempt

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1988 São Tomé and Príncipe coup d'état attempt
Date8 March 1988
Location
São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe
Result Coup attempt suppressed
Belligerents
 Frente de Resistência Nacional de São Tomé and Príncipe - Renovada (FRNSTP-R)
Commanders and leaders
Manuel Pinto da Costa Afonso dos Santos
Casualties and losses
1 wounded[1] 3 dead[2]

The 1988 São Tomé and Príncipe coup d'état attempt was a failed paramilitary operation undertaken by the exile National Resistance Front of São Tomé and Príncipe - Renewal (Portuguese: Frente de Resistência Nacional de São Tomé and Príncipe - Renovada FRNSTP-R) that sought to overthrow the ruling MLSTP government.[3]

Launched on 8 March with the arrival of 44 mostly unarmed personnel on the island of São Tomé via small boats, the attempted coup was quickly suppressed, with three of the pustchists being killed and one policeman wounded. Afonso dos Santos, leader of the FRNSTP-R, who was captured during the attempt, was subsequently tried, convicted and sentenced to 22 years in prison in 1989, along with 38 co-defendants who received terms ranging from two to 21 years. However, following the end of single party rule in 1990, President Pinto da Costa granted an amnesty to those convicted.[4][5]

The coup attempt has been described as an, "amazingly amateurish operation."[6]

Background

The National Resistance Front of São Tomé and Príncipe (FRNSTP) was formed in 1981 as armed exile movement based in Gabon that sought the overthrow of the MLSTP government. As a result of political liberalisations from the mid-1980s onwards, relations with the government of Gabon improved and the leadership of the FRNSTP abandoned armed struggle.

Coup attempt

Arriving between 3 am and 4 am at four beaches, the group attacked the main police barracks.[7] They had then planned to attack the Presidential Palace, execute Pinto da Costa and declare dos Santos as president.[8] They had brought posters stating "Down with Pinto da Costa" and "Viva President Afsonso dos Santos" as well as documents proclaiming a new president and a resignation speech for Pinto da Costa.[9]

Legacy

In December 1990, months after a new constitution permitting multiparty politics was approved, former FRNSTP-R members founded the Christian Democratic Front (FDC) party.[5]

See also

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ LA Times 1988.
  2. ^ Seibert 2006, p. 191.
  3. ^ Smith 2003, p. 5.
  4. ^ Gomes Porto 2003, p. 34.
  5. ^ a b Seibert 2003, p. 250.
  6. ^ Seibert 2006, p. 190.
  7. ^ Le Monde 1988.
  8. ^ Africa Report 1988.
  9. ^ Seibert 2006, pp. 190–191.

Sources

  • Frynas, Jędrzej George; Wood, Geoffrey; Soares de Oliveira, Ricardo M. S. (1 January 2003). "Business and politics in São Tomé e Príncipe: from cocoa monoculture to petro‐state". African Affairs. 102 (406): 51–80. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a138811.
  • Gomes Porto, João (2003). "Coup d'État in São Tomé and Príncipe". African Security Studies. 12 (4): 33–35. doi:10.1080/10246029.2003.9627247.
  • "São Tomé snuffs out coup attempt" (PDF). Africa Report. 33 (3): 9. May–June 1988.
  • Seibert, Gerhard (2003). "The Bloodless Coup of July 2003 in São Tomé e Príncipe". Lusotopie. 10: 245–260.
  • Seibert, Gerhard (2006). Comrades, Clients and Cousins: Colonialism, Socialism and Democratization in São Tomé and Príncipe. Brill. ISBN 9789047408437.
  • Smith, Johann (17 July 2003). "Memorandum on S. Tomé e Principe" (PDF). Institute for Security Studies. Retrieved 27 February 2024.

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