In Guinea, the evaluation of political parties began on Wednesday. The government is launching a tour of the 33 prefectures to ensure the compliance of nearly 200 officially approved political groups. But while the junta of General Mamadi Doumbouya hardens its tone against any critical voice, particularly with the closure of the most followed independent audiovisual media, certain political parties, which were already evaluated a year ago, see in this second census a operation to eliminate opposition forces.
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This is the question that comes up systematically: why launch a second evaluation of the parties barely a year after the first? Of the 187 groups in Guinea, only four had refused to receive teams from the Ministry of Territorial Administration, including the RPG, the party of ex-president Alpha Condé.
Other major teams like Cellou Dalein Diallo’s UFDG and Sidya Touré’s UFR played the game last year. The government had not indicated any anomalies, hence their astonishment at this new operation!
Questions about certain criteria
But certain evaluation criteria could put them in difficulty. Neither the UFDG nor the UFR have organized real congresses for many years. For Cellou Dalein Diallo’s party for example, the last one dates back to 2009.
The methods of financing parties, often considered opaque, will also be analyzed. A UFR executive explains anonymously that “ everyone knows that members’ contributions are generally insufficient due to the low income of activists “.
For the politician, the general-president Mamadi Doumbouyaafter having turned off the press, is now seeking to get rid of any obstacle to its maintenance in power.
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