Presidential election in Guinea: what changes Cellou Dalein Diallo's candidacy

Cellou Dalein Diallo, presidential candidate in Guinea, during his inauguration, September 6, 2020. RFI / Carol Valade

By: Alain Foka

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For the third time in a row, former Prime Minister Cellou Dalein Diallo will be a presidential candidate in Guinea, against President Alpha Condé.

Yet his party, the UFDG, had hitherto considered a boycott of the ballot.

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How to explain this change of strategy on the part of the main opponent of the Alpha Condé regime?

How does this candidacy change the situation in the presidential race?

With our guests

:

Yansané Bintou Touré

, Member of the National Assembly, President of the Guinean Party for Progress and Development

Dr Edouard Zoutomou Kpoghomou

, president of the UDRP party (Democratic Union for Renewal and Progress).

Mohamed Lamine Yayo

, member of the executive committee of the RPG- Arc en Ciel party, director general of public built heritage

Thierno Monénembo

, writer

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