The European Union has congratulated Guinea’s transitional authorities as well as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for developing a timetable to consolidate the transition to democracy in 24 months, which is one year less than previously planned.
«We call on the Transitional Authorities to prepare for implementation in an inclusive manner. The EU stands ready to support the return to constitutional order,» EU Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Nabila Massrali said in a statement.
This timetable, which will start on January 1, 2023, according to the leader of the military junta installed in Guinea after the coup, Mamady Doumbouya, must be presented at the ECOWAS summit, for its subsequent approval and implementation.
The transitional authorities have asked ECOWAS to provide the necessary «technical and financial» support for the implementation of the plan. They have also indicated their willingness to engage in advocacy to mobilize material, financial and technical resources to make this period a success.
The current transitional president made a commitment in October 2021 to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to adopt a «realistic and consensual timetable» to determine the duration of the transition, a week after appointing Mohamed Béavogui as the new prime minister.
Since taking power in September 2021, Doumbouya has promised to «reunify» Guineans before the next elections, for which he will not run and which are yet to be held.
The assault came after months of political crisis in the country due to the decision of former President Alpha Condé to modify the Constitution to run for a third term and his victory in the 2020 presidential elections, in which the other candidates, including Diallo, denounced fraud.
