He denounces the “systematic refusal” of the military to open a “credible” dialogue to address the transition
July 22 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The opposition National Front for the Defense of the Constitution (FNDC) has announced the call for new mobilizations against the military junta due to the “arrogance” of the military authorities and their “systematic refusal” to open a “credible” dialogue to address the transition .
The coalition has criticized the “unilateral management of the transition by the junta” and has warned of the “perceptible risks for the transition”, which “is the result of the democratic struggle of pro-democratic citizens”, referring to the protests against Former President Alpha Condé.
For this reason, he stressed that he will organize “a series of peaceful citizen demonstrations” on July 28 in the capital, Conakry, while the mobilizations will extend on August 4 “to the entire national territory” to “denounce the absence of a framework for dialogue” between the board and political actors and political society.
In this regard, the FNDC has also criticized “the confiscation of citizens’ rights and freedoms,” including the rights to protest and freedom of expression, and “the instrumentalization of justice by the junta to humiliate and harass leaders of civil society and political parties, especially those who denounce their authoritarian and unilateral management”.
On the other hand, he charged against the board’s refusal to “publish a list with the names of its members and declare their assets” and against the “endemic corruption and lack of transparency in the management of public affairs.”
Guinea’s military junta has rejected criticism from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) over its transition schedule until elections are held and said the dates have been agreed after a national dialogue.
ECOWAS decided during its last summit to threaten the imposition of new sanctions if the board and the body do not reach an agreement for a new transition calendar within a month, while appointing a new mediator for the talks, the former president Beninese Thomas Boni Yayi.
The National Committee for Reconciliation and Development (CNRD) –the official name of the board– was formed in the African country after the coup d’état in September 2021 against then-President Condé. The board is headed by Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, now also the Guinean transitional president.
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