Mamady Doumbouya, a special forces colonel who led a coup in the West African state of Guinea on September, will be sworn in as interim president on Friday, the authorities say.

Doumbouya will be sworn in at noon (1200 GMT) at the Mohammed V conference centre in the capital Conakry, a communique read late Wednesday on national television said.

He will become transitional president, serving before the country returns to civilian rule, according to a blueprint unveiled by the junta on Monday that does not mention a timeline.

The September 5 coup, the latest bout of turbulence in one of Africa’s most volatile countries, saw the overthrow of 83-year-old president Alpha Conde.

Conde became Guinea’s first democratically elected president in 2010 and was re-elected in 2015.

But last year he pushed through a controversial new constitution that allowed him to run for a third term in October 2020.
The move sparked mass demonstrations in which dozens of protesters were killed.

Conde won re-election but the political opposition maintained the poll was a sham.

The “charter” unveiled on Monday vows that a new constitution will be drafted and “free, democratic and transparent” elections held, but does not spell out how long the transition will last.


The document says the transitional president will be “head of state and supreme chief of the armed forces… (and) determines the policies of the Nation,” with the power to name and fire an interim prime minister.

However, the president will be barred from being a candidate at the elections that will take place after the transition, it says.

The turbulence in the former French colony has sparked deep concern among Guinea’s neighbours.

The coup is the second to take place in the region, after Mali, in less than 13 months.

The region’s bloc, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), is demanding that elections be held within six months, as well as Conde’s release.



https://www.channelstv.com/2021/09/30/guinea-junta-leader-to-be-sworn-in-as-president/

Most African leaders ain't respecting the rights and policies of a Democratic System / State.



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I hope he will be a man of honour

This is a familiar road.
- Mamady Doumbouya takes oath of office as interim Head of State and he consolidates by retiring key senior military officers.
- He tries to be as populist as possible to grow his popularity among the common people as 'messiah'.
- The new constitution to be written under his interim government is subtly influenced not to bar any Guinean from contesting for president.
- He recruits journalists, 'cashvists', youth and women groups, etc. to sing his praises and ceaselessly 'beg' to quit the military and be the father of new Guinea.
- He uses fronts to form a new party and uses state money to recruit political heavyweights with juicy promises.
- Subsequently, after adoption of new constitution, the new party begins to act out the 'Mamady Doumbouya 4 President' script by adopting him as president in order to continue his 'good works".
- He resigns, runs and wins.

Another cycle begins.

Hope I am proved wrong but I doubt it. Even mere looking at the carriage of Mamady says a lot. He can't taste power and let go especially given his young age.

Kettle displacing pot because of its dark color

......and when he becomes Civilian President, mumu ECOWAS will assimilate him into their fold and his sins will be forgiven
Africa in a circle of doom......

festacman:
This is a familiar road.
- Mamady Doumbouya takes oath of office as interim Head of State and he consolidates by retiring key senior military officers.
- He tries to be as populist as possible to grow his popularity among the common people as messiah.
- The new constitution to be written under his interim government is subtly influenced not to bar any Guinean from contesting for president.
- He recruits journalists, 'cashvists', youth and women groups, etc. to sing his praises and ceaselessly 'beg' to quit the military and be the father of new Guinae.
- He uses fronts to form a new party and use state money to recruit political heavyweights with juicy promises. Subsequently, after adoption of new constitution, the new party begins to act out the 'Mamady Doumbouya 4 President' script by adopting him as president in order to continue his good works.
- He resigns, runs and wins.

Another cycle begins.

Hope I am proved wrong but I doubt it. Even mere looking at the carriage of Mamady says a lot. He can't taste power and let go especially given his young age.