Guinea voters endorse post-coup constitution, partial results show | Elections News

Presidential election is at the moment anticipated to happen in December.

Voters in Guinea have overwhelmingly backed a brand new structure that might enable coup chief Mamady Doumbouya to run for president if he chooses to, in keeping with partial outcomes.

The structure regarded set to move with 90.6 p.c votes in favour and 9.4 p.c towards, the pinnacle of Guinea’s Basic Directorate of Elections, Djenabou Toure, instructed reporters late on Monday. These figures have been based mostly on 91 p.c of the votes forged in Sunday’s referendum.

An general determine for voter turnout was not obtainable, however officers had counted greater than 4.8 million votes out of greater than 6.6 million registered voters, which means turnout had exceeded 70 p.c.

Critics known as the outcomes an influence seize, however the army authorities mentioned the referendum paves the best way for a return to civilian rule. The presidential election is at the moment anticipated to happen in December.

Reporting from the capital, Conakry, Al Jazeera’s Ahmed Idris mentioned members of the opposition have been against the referendum.

“The elections have been held all throughout Guinea with no incidents in any respect – 45,000 safety forces have been deployed. … The opposition mentioned this can be a means of harassing the voters,” he mentioned.

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Doumbouya, a 40-year-old former member of the French International Legion, voted alongside along with his spouse at a well being centre in Conakry, carrying sun shades and a baseball cap with a drawing of a standard masks symbolising fertility.

He seized energy in Guinea, residence to the world’s largest reserves of bauxite, in 2021. It was a part of a wave of eight coups that swept West and Central Africa from 2020 to 2023.

A constitution adopted after the coup barred members of the transitional authorities from looking for workplace. However that language was not included within the structure put to voters on Sunday.

Doumbouya has not mentioned but whether or not he intends to run for workplace.

The nation’s two major opposition leaders, Cellou Dalein Diallo and deposed former President Alpha Conde, are amongst those that known as for a boycott of the referendum.

Their political events are at the moment suspended, and Human Rights Watch has accused the federal government of disappearing political opponents and arbitrarily suspending media retailers.

The federal government has denied any position in disappearances however has promised to analyze such allegations.