Headlines: confusion in Guinea Conakry

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By: Norbert Navarro

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Two days before the constitutional referendum, Guinea faces a certain confusion on regional missions and observation missions. Being reminded that voters are called the day after tomorrow to renew the members of their Parliament but also to decide by referendum on a draft new Constitution, immediately this press information: according to Jeune Afrique, the special envoy of the International Organization of La Francophonie in Guinea denies having withdrawn its support for the electoral process. Tieman Hubert Coulibaly assures the pan-African weekly that " the OIF has never announced the withdrawal of its support for the electoral process ". According to him, the Organization " just made recommendations and asked that, out of the 2 490 664 voters who are problematic, that a consensus be found between the different camps, the opposition, the presidential majority as well as the other electoral actors. , CENI and civil society ”.

For its part, the Guinean website Ledjely has posted the press release from the ECOWAS Commission confirming that a " good will " mission by the Heads of States of the ECOWAS, led by the President of the Republic of Niger Mahamadou Issoufou, President-in-Office of the ECOWAS, accompanied by the Presidents of Nigeria, Burkina Faso and Ghana was scheduled to arrive today in Conakry, and that it “ unfortunately ” had to be postponed. The ECOWAS press release points to a situation on the spot which is "not free from all risks", which is why the Commission had to " give up deploying an election observation mission ", reports Ledjely .

The constitutional referendum in Guinea? The Burkinabe newspaper Wakat Sera sees in it only a “ stab at democracy ”.

And this Ugandan daily newspaper wonders: "Who can still save the soldier Alpha Condé who sinks straight into the wall? Will the military be pushed to " take responsibility " once again?

It is in this context that the Guinean Minister for Higher Education and Scientific Research announced his resignation yesterday:

In the letter he delivered to President Alpha Condé, Abdoulaye Yéro Baldé portrays institutions and social fabric " weakened every day more " and finds that serenity in the functioning of the State is " put to the test ", l According to him, the environment is no longer " favorable to the conduct of state affairs in the interest of the people ".

" It is a real thunderbolt for President Alpha Condé, " says Guinea News, recalling that the Head of State, until now, has affectionately called him, " my son " for having made " more than 30 years of political combat together ". And Guinea News recalled that " since President Alpha Condé has been in power, this is the third time that a minister of the republic has resigned from his government ".

Persistent confusion also in Guinea Bissau this time, where the declared president Umaro Sissoco Embalo declared yesterday his own nomination, while his victory is still disputed:

The investiture ceremony was held in a hotel in the capital. At the same time, outgoing president José Mario Vaz left the presidential palace. But the provisional results remain disputed by rival PAIGC, Domingos Pereira, who has filed several appeals with the Supreme Court. His party and the government denounce an " illegal self-proclamation ".

This ceremony, in any case, says nothing that is worth to the Burkinabe daily Le Pays , which emphasizes its " atypical " character. Because it is, according to this Ugandan newspaper, " come to add to the imbroglio." And in a country like Guinea-Bissau, we can fear that things will end badly. Especially since the unsuccessful candidate is still in the logic of contesting the victory of Umaro Sissoco Embalo. In any case, yesterday reigned around the Azalaï hotel in Bissau, a tense atmosphere that bodes no good ”, for Guinea-Bissau, feared Le Pays .

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