Voters in Guinea-Bissau back plan to give the president more power

A new vote means the president will have much more control, but critics worry it will hurt the country's democracy.

People in Guinea-Bissau have voted to change their country's rules. A new constitution was approved in a recent vote. This change gives the president a lot more power than they had before. Under these new rules, the president will have much more control over how the government runs. At the same time, the parliament—the group of people elected to make laws—will have less power. Many people are not happy about this change. Critics say that giving the president so much power is dangerous. They argue it will weaken the country's democracy. Democracy is the idea that people should have a say in…