They once again insisted in their communications on television or on social networks about an upcoming “consultation” at the national level to define the modalities of the political transition in this West African country.
The transition will be led by a future government of “national unity”, the leader of the “National Committee for Unity and Development” (CNRD), Lieutenant Colonel Mamady Dumbuya, tweeted on Tuesday.
The military also instructed the “Ministry of Justice today (Monday) to contact the Attorney General, prison administration and lawyers to analyze in depth the files of political detainees for their release as soon as possible,” according to a statement televised on Monday night.
The National Front for the Defense of the Constitution (FNDC), made up of political movements and civil society, which led the protest against Condé’s controversial third term, had urged the inhabitants of Conakry to welcome its members who were supposedly to be released from Monday at noon.
But despite a rally near the central jail, there were still no releases.
An opposition coalition led by Condé’s main rival, former Prime Minister Cellu Dalein Diallo, the National Alliance for Alternation and Democracy (ANAD), expressed support for the military “in their quest to establish a peaceful democracy” in Guinea. He urged the CNRD to create legitimate institutions capable of leading the country, achieving national reconciliation and imposing the rule of law.
Likewise, Diallo’s party, Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea (UFDG), reopened its headquarters in Conakry on Monday, closed the day after Condé’s re-election, in October 2020, which it strongly rejected.
With information from AFP, EFE and Reuters