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At the end of March, impatient with their manifest refusal to announce a date for elections intended to return power to civilians, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) had summoned the authorities of Conakry to present "No later than April 25" an "acceptable" transition schedule, under penalty of an extension of the economic sanctions decided against the country after the coup.
By closing the “inclusive consultation framework”, the Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization, Mory Condé, declared on Friday that the “all the actors” who agreed to participate had “proposed durations ranging from 18 to 52 months” for the transition, without specifying from what date.
In a press release published on Saturday before Colonel Doumbouya's announcement on the duration of the transition, the National Front for the Defense of the Constitution (FNDC), deplored "that the facts and actions of the CNRD resemble each day more those of the regime deposed from Alpha Condé" and pleaded for a "rapid return to normal constitutional order".
The officer, who overthrew President Alpha Condé in September and has since had himself proclaimed head of state, made the remarks after the conclusion on Friday of two disputed political consultations – a so-called reconciliation conference and “ an inclusive consultation framework” – both shunned by a large number of political parties.
ECOWAS "must make its own self-criticism", he added, accusing the West African organization of having been "distant from the cries of the Guinean populations" during the deadly repression of the protest which marked the last years of power of Mr.
Condé.
"We did not send a document [on the transition schedule to ECOWAS] and we were clear on this from the start that the Guinean government does not act under constraints or under the dictate of anyone.
“, he said, not excluding that Guinea withdraws from ECOWAS..
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