In the headlines: we voted peacefully in Guinea
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In an office in the Safatou 1 district, in Labé, Guinea, on October 18, 2020 for the presidential election.
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By: Frédéric Couteau Follow
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More than 5 million Guinean voters were called to the polls on Sunday to choose their president.
Apart from a few minor incidents, the vote took place peacefully.
So who will win?
There are certainly twelve candidates but this presidential election can be summed up as a duel between outgoing president Alpha Condé and his main opponent, Cellou Dalein Diallo.
And the tension is palpable between the two camps, as shown by the beginning of this report by the special envoy of the
World Africa
: “
On both sides of the expressway which divides the peninsula of Conakry in two, Mamadi Sylla and Alhassane Diallo make the same prognosis.
Their candidate will win the presidential election in the first round
(…).
Otherwise ... if the Independent National Electoral Commission, the CENI, announced the opposite, within a few days, it could well turn into mayhem in the streets of the capital.
The problem
, notes
Le Monde Afrique, is that these two young men do not support the same champion.
So necessarily, there will be disappointment in one or the other.
"
And the tensions are very present
: the opponent Cellou Dalein Diallo already appears in the position of the winner
"
Cellou Dalein Diallo accuses the RPG
(the presidential party)
of developing a strategy of cheating,
" points out the Guinean news site Aminata.
"" The strategy which is being developed (by the camp opposite) is how to cheat. Because Alpha Condé does not want to give up his desire to grant himself a presidency for life ",
said Cellou Dalein Diallo.
On this occasion
, notes the Guinean site,
he added that he and his constituents would resist fraud.
"
As of now, the opposition will not recognize the results of Upper Guinea, affirms for its part Fodé Oussou Fofana, vice-president of the UFDG.
Comments reported by the Guinea Matin website: “
We note with a lot of bitterness the ballot box stuffing in the Upper Guinea region.
And we have videos that show that only one person was able to vote for 10 to 20 voters, in full view of everyone.
They found that the abstention rate was very high in this region, because most of the voters did not want to vote for Alpha Condé.
"
Note that this site, Guinée Matin, was suspended for one month by the High Authority for Communication.
At least this is what Ledjely, another Guinean news site, announces: "
The media regulatory body in Guinea accuses Guinea Matin of the live broadcast of the counting operations in certain polling stations located in the interior of the country.
The site was still active this Monday morning.
In any case, "
beware of the hasty triumphalism of certain ill-informed activists
", exclaims AfricaGuinée: "
While the Guineans hold their breath while awaiting the proclamation of the results by the Independent National Electoral Commission, the only authorized legal institution. to do so, some troublemakers are already claiming victory.
They occupy certain streets and naively believe in the victory of their
"candidate".
How can the results of one or a few polling stations give a reliable trend
?
Can a single district, a single zone elect a President of the Republic
?
You have to be intellectually blind to believe in such nonsense.
"
“
In reality,
analysis for its part
L'Observateur Paalga
in neighboring Burkina Faso,
the most important in this election, despite the relative calm in which it took place, was not yesterday's election day in itself but the days after.
We can imagine that Alpha Condé, once a historical opponent
(...),
who now wants to grow roots under the presidential chair, did not go to so much trouble, by tampering with the fundamental law
(...),
for himself stop in such a good way.
"
Finally, we return to
World Africa
which notes that “
in the presidential entourage, we are serene.
"This election is more peaceful,
confides an adviser
(of President Alpha Condé), the worst is behind us. Let's keep our fingers crossed."
"
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