Guinea: Political Transition Will Not End on Dec. 31
General Amara Camara, July 2024 Photo: @VisionGuinee
July 26, 2024 Hour: 6:39 pm
Ousmane Gaoual Diallo, the government spokesperson, said the Guinean government intends to organize a referendum “before the end of this year to provide the country with a constitution” as a prelude to organizing the elections.
On Friday, Amara Camara, secretary general of the Guinean presidency that the date of Dec. 31, 2024, will not mark the end of the transition that began in Guinea after the army seized power on Sept. 5, 2021.
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Camara told a press conference here that the “dynamic compromise” reached with the member countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) consists of “readjusting the transition schedule at each stage.”
“At each stage reached, we will sit down with ECOWAS to reassess and make readjustments,” Camara said.
He noted that the elections that are supposed to end the transition must be organized in peace, social tranquility, and harmony. “We will compete to ensure that this peace is guaranteed so that today’s transition process is not interrupted.”
Ousmane Gaoual Diallo, the government spokesperson, said the Guinean government intends to organize a referendum “before the end of this year to provide the country with a constitution” as a prelude to organizing the elections.
In an interview on March 12, Prime Minister Bah Oury estimated that there was still “a lot to do” to complete the transition schedule, and he thought that 2025 was “a good time to crown the whole process.”
The National Committee of Reconciliation and Development, the ruling military junta of Guinea, announced as soon as it took office on Sept. 5, 2021, that it would hand over power on Dec. 31, 2024.
Autor: OSG
Fuente: The Star-Africanews
