Guinea: ten unsuccessful presidential candidates jointly contest the results
Makalé Traoré, candidate of the PACT party in the presidential election, read the joint statement of 10 of the 11 disappointed candidates, rejecting the provisional results, during a press conference this Friday, October 30, 2020 in Conakry.
Carole Valade / RFI
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In Guinea, 10 of the 11 unsuccessful candidates in the presidential election of October 18 gathered in a collective to challenge the official results proclaimed by the Ceni and which gave the outgoing president Alpha Condé the winner in the first round.
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With our correspondent in Conakry,
Carol Valade
At the headquarters of PACT, the party of candidate Makalé Traoré, almost all the unsuccessful candidates are represented.
All that is missing is Laye Souleymane Diallo, excluded for congratulating President Alpha Condé on his re-election, according to one of the organizers.
Makalé Traoré reads the declaration: “
The participants were unanimous in recognizing that the ballot was marred by serious irregularities
[…]
Given the serious irregularities recorded before, during and after the ballot, the participants decided to categorically reject
the provisional results. proclaimed by the Ceni
on Saturday, October 24 at the People's Palace
, declares the candidate.
The candidates have each decided to lodge an appeal with the Constitutional Court and appeal to this Court to show objectivity and responsibility in the treatment of electoral disputes.
"
Call to suspend protests
Candidates have until early next week to individually file their appeals.
Until then,
Cellou Dalein Diallo
, who came second according to the official results, but who declared himself the winner according to his own vote count, calls for the demonstrations to be suspended: “
We must give the families time to mourn.
We must also allow the populations to stock up on basic necessities.
"
In a press release, the CENI affirms that the centralization operations have not suffered "
from any distortion
".
The decision of the Constitutional Court will not be subject to appeal.
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