While the duration of the transition continues in Guinea and the head of the junta who took power in a coup three years ago has pledged not to participate in any elections but remains silent about his intentions , initiatives and movements in support of General Mamadi Doumbouya are multiplying. For the moment, however, they are mainly worn by members of the Guinean government and state.
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The general Mamadi Doumbouya will he ultimately be a candidate for the future presidential election in Guinea? If the question of the constitutional referendum promised before the end of the year was not raised on Friday October 18 during the first council of ministers organized in three months in Conakry, the president of the transition nevertheless ordered the members of his government to ‘go soon’ report on their management » on national television and to accelerate the Simandou 2040 socio-economic, sustainable and responsible development program.
Likewise, although neither the population census nor the electoral register are ready, public initiatives intended to show support for the CNRD junta are increasing in the prefectures. The latest took place just this weekend in Forécariah, a town located 70 km east of Conakry: a 5 km march and a football tournament to the glory of the head of state were organized there in the presence of several ministers.
Football tournaments and support movements
While another tournament of this type took place over the last 30 days in Labé, in the center-west of the country, in Nzérékoré, in the far south of the Guineathe interim mayor created a movement of support for the president. Finally, in Kankan, in the east, students were forced to leave their classrooms to attend the launch… of a Women’s Alliance for Renaissance under Mamadi Doumbouya!
If the president of the transition has not announced anything, his spokesperson, General Amara Camara, declared that the putschist had the right to run for the highest office. As for the government spokesperson, Ousmane Gaoual Diallo, he went so far as to state in the newspaper Le Monde that “the candidacy of [Mamadi] Doumbouya is obvious » and that “ the other candidates can never be in the majority » !
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