Electoral file in Guinea: the CENI cancels the mission of La Francophonie

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Experts from the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF) were to travel to the country on Saturday March 14 to work jointly with the ECOWAS and the African Union on the Guinean electoral register. But the Election Commission decided to cancel the arrival of the OIF, two days before the start of the mission.

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Tiéman Hubert Coulibaly, OIF special envoy for Guinea, learned on March 5 that the mission was canceled by letter from the president of the Electoral Commission (CENI).

However, according to him, this mission had been organized at the request of the CENI itself. A delegation of experts was mandated to assist the ECOWAS [Economic Community of West African States] and the African Union (AU) in examining the Guinean electoral register. An electoral register on which the OIF has already worked for several months. On February 7, experts from La Francophonie released their report on the subject, highlighting the presence of 2.5 million " problematic " voters.

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" This report will be the basis of work for the ECOWAS, so it would have been fashionable for the OIF to be involved in order to ensure that our recommendations are well understood, " regrets Tiéman Hubert Coulibaly.

Joined by RFI , Amadou Salif Kébé, the president of the Electoral Commission, denies having asked La Francophonie for a mission to Guinea last weekend. " At no time did the CENI ask for assistance from the OIF, " he said.

According to him, the organization's last mission in Guinea is the one that ended on February 7. A mission whose conclusions Amadou Salif Kébé approves, but denounces a political press release.

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