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· Political slugfest continues in Guinea, which the other day re-elected Alpha Cond’e as the president and was declared by the national electoral authority
· Alpha Conde, according to the election commission, bagged over 59 percent of the vote for the October 18 election, which is being contested
· Conde’s third time victory needs to be confirmed by the Constitutional Court, which is expected in a week’s time
Political slugfest continues in Guinea, which the other day re-elected Alpha Cond’e as the president and was declared by the national electoral authority. Alpha Conde, according to the election commission, bagged over 59 percent of the vote for the October 18
election. This is being contested.
The trigger was that four of the 17 electoral commissioners said they found “serious anomalies” in conducting the presidential election. Those commissioners released a 22-page report on Sunday detailing the anomalies. They said the report containing anomalies would be presented to representatives of ECOWAS, the African Union and the UN, who reached in Conakry on Sunday to help quell the violence that has gripped the country, which took the lives of over 30 people.
Conde’s third time victory needs to be confirmed by the Constitutional Court, which is expected in a week’s time. In the meantime, the opposition leader Cellou Dalein proclaimed himself as the winner before the counting said he would contest the result, alleging large-scale fraud.
