The mediator appointed by ECOWAS in the Guinean crisis, Thomas Bony Yayi, has been back since Sunday August 21 in Conakry. As during his first stay last July, the former president of Benin has not yet met with political actors and civil society, which raises concerns among them.
A meeting was scheduled with the former ruling party, Alpha Condé’s RPG, and its allies on Tuesday afternoon, but it was finally canceled at the last moment. This is not to the liking of Rafiou Sow, the president of the PRP (the Party for Renewal and Progress) and member of the ANAD, the National Alliance for Democratic Change.
” The political parties have not been able to meet the mediator for the moment. We had been invited to a meeting with the mediator this Tuesday afternoon, finally they called us to deprogram. We are asked to stay on standby. According to indiscretions, the Guinean authorities do not want the mediator to meet all the discordant voices or opposition to the CNRD “, laments Rafiou Sow at the microphone of our correspondent in Conakry, Mouctar Bah.
“ With regard to the schedule of the mediator, we understand that he is there until Friday, we believe that he will not be able to succeed in his mission if the authorities order him or prevent him from meeting all the free forces of the nation », he adds.
“ We are very skeptical of his mission. In any case, we arranged ourselves at a dialogue table. We want it, we demand it, and we believe that very soon, whatever the outcome, they will be obliged to find us around the table to discuss the main axes of the transition so that this transition can lead to elections for the return to constitutional order. »