LUANDA, July 29 (Xinhuanet) -- Sao Tome and Principe has begun preparing a post-coup government, a key demand of coup troops who seized power briefly on July 16, a report reaching here said on Tuesday.

　　The reinstated president, Fradique de Menezes on Monday held talks with the archipelago's party leaders on the formation of thenew government.

　　After meeting with Menezes, Manuel Pinto da Costa, head of the Movement for the Liberation of Sao Tome and Principe, the largest party of the archipelago, told journalists that more important than a reshuffle of the coalition government was "the analysis of the basic issues" raised by the military coup.

　　Pinto da Costa, a former president, said "the July 16 windstormstruck the country's economic, social and political life."

　　"For that reason, we must reflect together for a definitive solution", he added.

　　The mutineers, who had demanded changes in government, greater social justice in the potentially oil-rich country and amnesty forthemselves, returned power to Menezes and Prime Minister Maria dasNeves on July 23 after international mediation of the crisis.

　　The mediation involved the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries, the United States, neighboring Nigeria, Gabon, South Africa and the Republic of the Congo. Enditem