A colonel of the Guinea army seized control on the state television Sunday and stated that the Government of Alpha Conde’s president had been dissolved and the West African nation’s border was closed, the announcement that occurred after heavy shooting hours erupted near the Presidential Palace.
The dramatic development of the week bears all the advantages of the West African coup d’etat.
After grabbing air waves, the soldiers who printed vowed to recover democracy and give themselves the name: Gathering Committee and National Development.
Kolon Mamadi Doumriya sat with the guinea flag with half a dozen other soldiers in uniform beside him when he read the statement, swear: “The task of a soldier is saving the country.” He did not mention the existence of Conde and it was not immediately known where the 83-year-old leader was after a Sunday attack.
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Remove the Detained State President.
“I personally followed the situation in Guinea very closely.
I highly condemned the takeover of the popularity of the Byconde government has dropped since he searched for the third term last year, saying that the term limit does not apply to him.” Personalization of political life is over.
We will no longer entrust politics to one person, we will entrust to people, “Douboya said, adding that the Constitution will also be dissolved and bordered by one week.
Doumroya, who has led a special forces unit in the military, said he acted in the sake of interest The best nation more than 12.7 million people.
Not enough economic progress has been made since the independence from France in 1958, said Colonel.
“If you see the state of our way, if you see the condition of our hospital, you realize that after 72 years, It’s time to wake up, “he said.” We have to wake up.
“Heavy shots have erupted Sunday morning near the Presidential Palace in the capital of Conakry and took hours, triggered a concern of a coup’s effort.
The Ministry of Defense claimed that the attack had been rejected but the uncertainty grew when not There are signs of Conde on state television or radio.
The re-election in October has been tornoned g The violent street demonstration where the opposition said dozens were killed.
Sunday development underlined how he also became vulnerable to absorbing elements in his military.
Conde came to power in 2010 in the election of the country’s first democracy since the independence from France.
Many see their presidency as a new start for the country, which has been mired by decades of corrupt and authoritarian governance.
Opponent, said that he had failed to improve Guinea’s life, which mostly lived in poverty even though there was a wealth of state minerals including bauxite and gold.
In 2011, he narrowly survived the murder attempt after the gunman surrounded his house last night and pounded his room with a rocket.
Rockets driven grenades also land inside the complex and one of his bodyguards was killed.
Colonel Army in Guinee TV said the government was dissolved, the border was closed
