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Tierno Monénembo sounds the alarm: ''Mamadi Doumbouya wants to create a military dynasty''

Tierno Monénembo sounds the alarm: ''Mamadi Doumbouya wants to create a military dynasty''

The writer affirms that he prefers a military coup to an institutional one: “It’s more honest, it’s clearer, it’s more frank. A coup d'etat with a feather is more cowardly than a coup d'etat with a machine gun. Asked whether the issue of renaming Conakry airport is the only point of disagreement with the military junta, he replies: "No, it's also the fact that he transferred the management of the elections to the Ministry of Territorial Administration by abolishing the Independent National Electoral Commission (Ceni). They are ambiguous, opportunistic people, who are always at the service of the small bosses of the moment”, he assures, specifying however that “sanctioning Assimi Goïta, who wants to grant himself a transition of five years seems normal to me! This is a bad thing, because it means that the administration will dictate its choice instead of the voters. It's not Manichaeism, it's lucidity.

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