The leader of the junta in Guinea, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, reaffirmed on Tuesday February 21 that he will leave power at the end of the transition at the end of 2024, when the drafting of the new Constitution is launched, a year and a half later. the coup that overthrew President Alpha Condé.
The ruling junta has pledged to West African states to return power to civilians after two years from January 1, 2023. Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, who took power by force on September 5, 2021, was sworn in as president.
“We will of course organize the transition but we will not be part of the post-transition. For us, it's clear and it must be, ”assured Colonel Doumbouya at the opening of a symposium organized at the People's Palace in Conakry, seat of the Transitional Parliament.
"Not One More Day"
After its drafting, "it is the people of Guinea as a whole who will adopt the Constitution by referendum," said the head of the Guinean junta. It is "important that the Constitution is not tailor-made for a political party or a political person because we ourselves will not be part of the measure", he added in front of members of the Transitional Parliament and Guinean and foreign magistrates. The process of drafting the new Constitution must be completed before the end of 2023, magistrates told AFP.
Colonel Doumbouya has already assured that he "will not spend another day at the end of the twenty-four months of transition. He gave his word to the people of Guinea,” according to comments reported on February 9 by government spokesman Ousmane Gaoual Diallo after a cabinet meeting. A commitment he had already made during his New Year's speech.
The junta in Guinea has banned all demonstrations since 2022. It has pledged to give way to elected civilians after a period during which it says it wants to carry out deep reforms. The major parties of the country refuse dialogue with it.
