Government of Sao Tome and Principe /Governo de São Tomé e Príncipe

Sao Tome and Principe's policy takes place within a framework of a representative democratic semi-presidential republic, according to which the President of Sao Tome and Principe is head of state and the prime minister is head of government and a multi-party system. partisan.

Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is assigned to both the government and the National Assembly.

The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. Sao Tome has been operating under a multiparty system since 1990. Following the promulgation of a new constitution in 1990, Sao Tome and Principe held multiparty elections for the first time since independence. Shortly after the Constitution came into force, the Sao Tome and Principe National Assembly formally legalized opposition political parties. Independent candidates were also allowed to participate in the January 1991 legislative elections.