Demands a “civil transition” starting in January and calls for “peaceful” mobilizations from Three Kings Day
MADRID, 26 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Guinean platform Living Forces of Guinea (FVG), which brings together opposition parties and civil organizations critical of the military junta, has announced that it will stop recognizing the transitional authorities as of December 31 and have called for a “civil transition” starting January 2025.
“The Living Forces of Guinea reiterate their decision not to recognize the junta as of December 31, 2024, to demand their departure and to launch a civil transition in January 2025,” he said in a statement, in which he He also called for “peaceful” mobilizations starting January 6.
Thus, he stressed that the decision derives from the board’s “deliberate” decision to “not respect its irrevocable commitment” to end its mandate and return to constitutional order on December 31, in violation of the agreement reached on December 22. of 2022 with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)”.
In addition, he has denounced the “recurrent violations of the Transition Charter” by the National Committee for Reconciliation and Development (CNRD), the official name of the junta, as well as the “prohibition of demonstrations”, “the silencing of the press ” and “the unpunished murder of more than 60 protesters.”
The platform has also condemned “forced disappearances” and the “death in custody in suspicious conditions” of a general critical of the junta, while at the same time it has criticized the “arrogance” and “irresponsibility” of the transition authorities in several “tragedies” , including the death of dozens of people during clashes during a soccer match.
The FVG has also criticized “the barely veiled desire” of the transitional president and leader of the junta, Mamady Doumbouya, to run for president, for which it has demanded a “mobilization” to “demand the departure of the junta and the “in progress of a civil transition”.
The military junta, in power since the 2021 coup against Alpha Condé, dissolved more than 50 parties at the end of October and placed nearly 70 under observation, including the two main opposition formations, amid rising tensions. ahead of the elections, for which there is still no date.