{"id":97848,"date":"2020-10-22T10:05:09","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T02:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=97848"},"modified":"2020-10-22T10:05:11","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T02:05:11","slug":"possible-3rd-term-for-guinean-president-as-opposition-cries-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=97848","title":{"rendered":"Possible 3rd term for Guinean president as opposition cries fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Alpha Cond\u00e9 is president of Guinea<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CONAKRY, Oct 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Preliminary results of Guinea’s weekend election for four of the country’s 38 voting districts released by electoral commission chief Kabinet Cisse showed a strong lead for current president Alpha Cond\u00e9 who is seeking a controversial third term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kabinet Ciss\u00e9, the Electoral Commission Chief, read out the results as follows, “Professor Alpha Cond\u00e9, RPG-Arc-en-ciel, votes obtained: 104,450, or 49.13%. Mamadou Cellou Dalein Diallo, UFDG, 85.658, or 40,29%.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, the main challenger Cellou Dalein Diallo, who had claimed victory Monday dismissed it as fraudulent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Celebrations in Conakry of Diallo’s self-proclaimed victory quickly descended into violent clashes with security forces, in which several youngsters were shot dead, opposition officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since Diallo public self-proclaimed victory, security forces dressed in riot gear surrounded Diallo’s residence in the capital in what could appear to be the government’s response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fode Oussou Fofana, vice-president of the UFDG, “The current state of our counting of more than 80% clearly indicates that our victory in the first round is indisputable.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The election is said to have been transparent, lawful and properly conducted – as per statements from the African Union’s mission head in Guinea and the ECOWAS monitoring mission head<\/p>\n\n\n\n

National results are expected later this week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Addressing journalists in the capital, Conakry, Augustin Matata Ponyo, the AU\u2019s head of mission in Guinea, said the ballot was held \u201cin transparency\u201d.

“The elections were held in a transparent, secure, calm and peaceful environment, once again demonstrating the maturity of the Guinean people and political actors”, he asserted.

Tension is building in the country ahead of the release of official results. Diallo’s supporters have held celebrations in the capital.

Francis Behanzin, ECOWAS’ Peace and Security commissioner urged candidates “to resort to legal avenues” if they are aggrieved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\nEight civilians and two policemen were killed in Guinea\u2019s capital Conakry in clashes between security forces and opposition supporters after a tense presidential election with results showing President Alpha Conde in the lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guinea\u2019s security ministry announced the death toll on Wednesday following the weekend\u2019s vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis strategy of chaos [was] orchestrated to jeopardise the elections of October 18,\u201d the ministry said in a statement, adding numerous people were wounded in the unrest, without providing a specific figure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opposition supporters burned barricades in the streets on Wednesday after initial results showed Conde ahead in vote-counting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt least three people died today [Wednesday] that I saw with my own eyes \u2026 and about 10 others were wounded,\u201d Mamadou Keganan Doumbouya, a security official, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hadjiratou Barry, a resident of an area where clashes were taking place, also said her brother had been shot dead. A local doctor, who declined to be named, said he received two dead bodies and nine injured people at his clinic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supporters of Conde\u2019s main rival, Cellou Dalein Diallo, set alight piles of old furniture and burned tyres in some opposition neighbourhoods of Conakry. Police dispersed protesters with tear gas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cClashes broke out on the Prince\u2019s Road. A policeman was killed,\u201d Security Minister Damantang Albert Camara said, referring to a major thoroughfare in the capital that runs through opposition strongholds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diallo has claimed victory in the vote based on his campaign\u2019s tallies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The push for a third term for Conde, 82, has sparked repeated protests over the past year, resulting in dozens of deaths. He says a constitutional referendum in March reset his two-term limit; his opponents say he is breaking the law by holding onto power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a social media post, Conde on Wednesday appealed for \u201ccalm and serenity while awaiting the outcome of the electoral process\u201d. — NNN-AGENCIES
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