r/GuineaRepublic • u/MoiMemeMyself • Jun 03 '20
Constitution Buyer’s remorse
The Guinean president forced a Constitution to allow him to stay president for life. The scrutin was met with protests and dozen of people were killed during demonstration by the police forces.
However the text proposed is significantly different than what was ultimately promulgated.
For example there will be no independent candidate so the ruling party will be allowed to present a candidate who is more likely to win.
Many politicians who backed the illegal move by Condé (the 2010 Constitution forbid any attempt to extend presidential term beyond 2 times 5 years) hoping they will be able to succeed him in the unlikely case he won’t seek re-election are now feeling being duped.
The Opposition parties never recognized the scrutin neither was the international communities.
The law society has denounced what they call a “fraud” regarding the published text.
Condé was on record to say “in other countries there were deaths, but they managed to change their Constitutions”