After Aristides Gomes lost a no-confidence vote and submitted his resignation at the end of the month, Kabi was proposed as prime minister by the three-party alliance.
[10] Kabi said that the main focus of his government would be the organization of a planned 2008 legislative election; he also said that national reconciliation was necessary to achieve this goal and that he would "make dialogue a priority of [his] term in office".
[15] PAIGC President Carlos Gomes Júnior criticized Kabi for allegedly lacking loyalty to the party and sympathizing with the PRS.
[18] After Kabi dismissed the directors of customs, taxes and the treasury on July 25, 2008 without notifying the party in advance, PAIGC decided to withdraw from the three-party stability pact that was signed in March 2007.
[19][20] Vieira dissolved the National People's Assembly and appointed Carlos Correia to replace Kabi as prime minister on August 5, 2008.