Controversy in Guinea after the decision of the ruling junta to ban public demonstrations for the time of the transition. The measure was denounced by civil society and political parties.
In a press release read on public television this Friday evening, May 13, the National Rally Committee for Development (CNRD), prohibits “ all demonstrations on the public highway, likely to compromise social tranquility and the correct execution of the activities contained in the chronogram until the periods of electoral campaign “. This decision is made two days after the fixing for a period of 36 months for the transition. In other words, demonstrations would be banned for three years.
According to the FNDC, this is an illegal and illegitimate decision. The platform behind the fight against Alpha Condé’s third term denounces ” the manifest desire of the CNRD to stay in power by muzzling all the social and political forces of the country “. And she warns that she will not submit to this ban and will resume walking.
Abdoulaye Oumou Sow (FNDC): “We cannot be denied this right”
For its part, the Guinean Organization for the Defense of Human Rights (OGDH) recalls that the right to demonstrate is guaranteed by international conventions and by the transition charter itself.
Alseny Sall (OGDH): “We do not understand this CNRD approach”