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· Electoral authorities in Guinea on Saturday declared President Alpha Conde as winner of the highly controversial election with 59.49% of the vote
· He defeated his main rival Cellou Diallo, who received only 33.50% of the vote
· The total turnout for the election was almost 80%
Electoral authorities in Guinea on Saturday declared President Alpha Conde as winner of the highly controversial election with 59.49% of the vote. He defeated his main rival Cellou Diallo, who received only 33.50% of the vote. The total turnout for the election was almost 80%.
As expected, the declaration of the re-election of Cond’e is taken with a pinch of salt by the main opposition party. They went to the streets to protest immediately after the announcement as if the matter still could not be sorted out through the ballot box. The charge of the opposition is that the victory of Cond’e was through fraudulent means although representatives of African Union and ECOWAS have given a clean chit to the way in which elections were conducted.
Immediately after the election, Diallo claimed victory ahead of the official results and his supporters had started celebrating in the street, though the election commission has said their assertions were void. The opposition alleges that the electoral authorities had rigged the votes to help incumbent president Alpha Conde.
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor threatened agitating factions in Guinea of prosecution after fighting erupted. Internet and international calls were cut off across the West African nation in anticipation of the election results. Observers raised concerns that an electoral dispute could reignite ethnic tensions between Guinea’s largest ethnic groups.
