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May 18, 2025
Chairman of the Political Affairs, Peace, Security and African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) of the Community Parliament, Sen. Edwin Melvin Snowe Jr. has praised Guinea’s military government for announcing plans to hold presidential and parliamentary elections in December 2025.
He was however quick to point out in an interview that, the devil is in the details. “We are still looking out that it would be an election that would be free, fair and transparent and would be inclusive of all the political actors. But so far it is just a news of returning to constitutional rule and its welcoming and I commend the military junta in Guinea for taking the bold step to return the country to constitutional rule”
The move comes after the country missed its initial deadline for a return to civilian administration on December 31, 2024.
Prime Minister Amadou Oury Bah stated that everything is being done to ensure the elections take place at the end of the year. “We haven’t set a date, but everything is being done to make sure it happens at the end of the year, in December” – Bah said in a telephone interview with AFP.
Meanwhile, on the three Sahel states, he indicated if they return to constitutional rule and the constitutional leader believes they should return, “I am sure ECOWAS would excise that power to ensure that it happens because we are together as a people and as a Community.”
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com