Guinea: first meeting of the CNT for a return to constitutional order
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The transitional legislative body in Guinea, which must decide on the date of the return of civilians to power, held its first meeting on Saturday, February 5, five months after the coup that overthrew President Alpha Condé.
It was one of the demands of ECOWAS, the sub-regional organization for a return to constitutional order.
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With our correspondent in Conakry,
Mouctar Bah
In his opening speech, the president of the Guinean National Transitional Council (CNT), Dansa Kourouma wanted to make an impression.
He wants to put an end to the manipulation of the fundamental faith in Guinea:
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I am aware that the radical change of the mechanisms which bring the elites to power and which allow them to remain there almost indefinitely, must be definitively resolved.
We must write a Constitution that will not be easily modified by the powers that be
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And for that, it will be necessary, according to him, to put an end to the inclinations of putschism in Guinea: "
Our work, we will carry it out by excluding all considerations carrying inappropriate cleavages and artificial divisions likely to have a negative influence on the project of national renewal .
Let's make sure that there is no more a new transition.
This will be the index of the success of our work.
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Clear timeline
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The Speaker of the Parliament of Sierra Leone, Abass Bundu, among the distinguished guests, asked the CNT to ensure that there is a rapid return to constitutional order: "
The next step that we expect from the Republic of Guinea, it is the definition of a clear chronogram which will therefore lead to the return to constitutional order and the restoration of democracy.
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The session was opened in the presence of the Guinean Prime Minister Mohamed Béavogui, the presidents of the institutions and the diplomatic corps accredited in Guinea.
Read also: Guinea: appointment of the National Council of the Transition led by Dansa Kourouma
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