Presidential election in Guinea: tension around the collection and compilation of votes

A woman votes in an office in the Camayenne district.

October 18, 2020. RFI / Carol Valade

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In Guinea, in the aftermath of the presidential election during which the government and the opposition accuse each other of intimidation against their representatives, it is now the compilation and publication of the results that crystallizes the tensions. .

The government warns political parties that would like to publish the results themselves from the polling stations by asserting that only the CENI is empowered to announce the provisional results, but the opposition replies that the results are therefore displayed public and performs its own centralization.

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From our correspondent in Conakry

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For the power, the opposition, and the CENI, the night has been long.

The election management body centralizes the results.

The minutes are collected at the level of the local commissions.

And it is only upon receipt of the very last report that it must publish the provisional results within 72 hours.

It will therefore take several days before having an official result.

At the same time, the opposition proceeds to its own compilation, because it considers that the CENI is " 

 ".

The government accuses him of wanting to stir up trouble by broadcasting “ 

 ” and proclaiming himself the winner before the CENI finishes its work.

🇬🇳🗳️ # Guinea #ElectionPresidentielle The government has warned the political parties which would like to publish the results themselves from the polling stations by affirming that only the #CENI is authorized to proclaim them.

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The Prime Minister invites himself into the battle

For its part, the RPG, the ruling party, is no exception.

Prime Minister Ibrahima Kassory Fofana, who is also President Alpha Condé's campaign director, considers

 a victory for the UFDG to be

“ 

” according to his own tendencies and gives his opinion on the result of the office where Cellou Dalein Diallo voted in a post on Facebook deleted since. 

In a second statement, he asserts that there have been no arrests of opposition members in either Yomou or Siguiri, and that there have been no minors' votes in Kankan.

Finally in a decision read on national television, the High Authority of Communication announced that the

news site

was suspended for a month, for having broadcast " 

 " on its Facebook page of the counting operations of the office. to vote.

► See also: Presidential in Guinea: assessment of the voting day

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