Sinking into post-election violence: We must save Guinea
We must save Guinea, before it is time. The situation in this West African country is worrying. After and before the proclamation of the provisional results of the last presidential election, the escalation of the violence is noted in the various arteries of the country. The forces of order favorable to President Alpha Condé, to whom the Ceni won the day, are sowing chaos. More than ten people would be killed. This Friday, while some Muslim worshipers were performing Friday prayers, live ammunition was heard from the 2nd Imam of a mosque in Bambeto. One person was hit. ECOWAS and the African Union, which have remained as silent as carp, are called upon first and foremost. The international community must react as quickly as possible.
Save Guinea from escalation ...
The silence in which ECOWAS and the African Union are plunged in relation to what is happening in Guinea is deplorable. Since Monday after the presidential election, the country has been plunged into an unprecedented cycle of violence, without ECOWAS and the African Union saying a word. A guilty silence, because these two organizations are supposed to intervene in such a situation.
Day by day, the situation is getting worse and the country is left to fend for itself. Today, international organizations must take matters into their own hands, sending missions there to investigate this human barbarism which does not seem to be saying its last word. For the moment, no head of state in the sub-region has raised their voice to condemn what is happening in the country of Sekou Touré. The reason is simple. All are haunted by the third term, to the point of walking on corpses. The international community must react quickly. Because, what is happening in Guinea is a dangerous precedent that risks teaching in the sub-region.
More than 10 dead
Several young demonstrators were killed in Conakry and in the interior of the country on Thursday, October 22, 2020, the day after a bloody day.
At least 10 deaths have been recorded across the country, according to testimonies collected from colleagues based across the country. .
In Conakry, at least 6 young people were killed during the day of this Thursday, October 22, 2020 in the districts of Koloma, Bambeto, Sonfonia, Wanidara, and Kobaya in clashes between demonstrators and the police. .
Some towns in the interior of the country were not spared. This is the case in Télimelé where two cases of death were recorded, in Mamou a young person was also shot dead and in Labé. In Pita, the local FNDC coordinator was fatally shot.
Live ammunition during Friday prayers
It’s escalation. Violence continues in Guinea and security forces are becoming increasingly untenable. While some Muslim worshipers were performing Friday prayers, live ammunition was heard from the 2nd Imam of a mosque in Bambeto. According to information available to us, a person was hit by one of the bullets fired by the security forces. Fortunately, quickly taken care of, the victim escaped.
Two members of the Ceni resign
"Given the serious anomalies observed in the procedure for tabulating the results of the 18/10/2020 ballot and the fact that our observations to guarantee the transparency, reliability and sincerity of the results of the said ballot are not taken into account, we have decided to withdraw from the work of the Ceni totalization commission, from Thursday 10/22/2020 in the morning ”.
This brief, exclusive declaration reached Guinéenews © on the night of Thursday, October 22, 2020. It is signed by Marie Hélène Sylla and Diogo Baldé, respectively director of the dismemberments department and deputy director of the operations department of CENI.
Since Tuesday, October 20, 2020, the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) has started to proclaim the provisional partial results after totaling the votes at its headquarters. The totalization of votes commission was created by the CENI to verify and count the minutes from the administrative commissions for centralization of votes (CACV).
Pope Alassane Mboup
