Guinea: the junta raises its voice, the FNDC refuses to bend
FNDC demonstrators in the streets of Conakry in January 2020 (illustrative image).
CELLOU BINANI / AFP
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The National Front for the Defense of the Constitution (FNDC), which regularly opposes the junta, rejects its dissolution pronounced by the transitional government.
In a press release published Wednesday evening, the movement denounces "
intimidation
" on the part of the CNRD in power.
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To justify his decision to dissolve the FNDC, the Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization Mory Condé assures us that he does not want "
to silence discordant voices
", but he considers that the collective "
threatens peace and public stability
.
The decree recording the dissolution of the FNDC describes it as "
a de facto group
" which "
has always distinguished itself through violence
", and compares its actions in the demonstrations to those of a "
private militia
".
The document also accuses him of "
targeted actions against law enforcement
" and of using minors under the age of 13.
Elements likely to "
endanger national unity
", according to the ministry, which specifies that the FNDC is not listed on any list of organizations and associations in Guinea.
In response, the national coordination of the FNDC indicates that it is a “
citizen movement, a drive towards democracy
”.
“
The movement was born before the CNRD nebula,
he says,
and will continue to exist after
.
Despite the ban on demonstrations by the Guinean authorities, the collective maintains its call for mobilization next Wednesday, and wants to make it "
the starting point for a recovery in the transition
".
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