Guinea Conakri’s coup leader, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, has announced that a government of national unity will be created to lead the transition after this Sunday’s coup against President Alpha Condé, in power since 2010.
“A global consultation will be opened to describe the main lines of the transition. A government of national unity will be established to lead the transition,” Doumbouya said during a fifteen-minute meeting with members of the country’s government. ‘Alpha Condé and the presidents of state institutions.
Doumbouya also informed that no movement outside Guinea’s borders will be allowed during the transition and stated to those present that “all his travel documents and company vehicles must be delivered to the secretariat of his former departments. “.
The meeting was held on Monday at the People’s Palace, a building that houses the National Assembly, located in Kaloum, Conakri’s commercial and administrative district where the presidential palace and numerous ministries are located.
The meeting took place after the National Committee of Grouping and Development (CNRD, for its acronym in French), which leads this Sunday’s military uprising led by Doumbouya, convened yesterday members of the Government of the president.
This invitation, which was attended by Guinean Prime Minister Ibrahima Kassory Fofana alongside his Executive, was issued after the military dissolved the Constitution, invalidating the institutions, and warned that any absence would be considered “an act of rebellion”. · Lion “.
Doumbouya said the transition “opens under the sign of hope and a new Guinea reconciled with itself, with all the children of the country,” which “will be possible with the collaboration and help of all.” .
He also assured that “there will be no spirit of hatred or revenge” or a “witch hunt”, but “justice will be the compass that will guide every Guinean citizen”.
The coup was carried out by members of the Army’s Special Forces Group, led by the colonel, this Sunday after strong gunfire was heard in the center of the capital and soldiers from the early hours of the morning. Army took positions and President Condé was later arrested.
On October 18, Guinea Conakri held a presidential election in which Condé ran for a controversial third term, not allowed in principle by the Constitution, after holding a referendum in March 2020 to change the Magna Carta, approved with 91.5% votes in favor.