The European Union announcement is a slap in the face for the opposition.
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Meanwhile, at a joint press conference on Monday night, seven opposition candidates headed by Diallo called for the cancellation of elections, alleging that it was full of fraud and lacked transparency.
In a possible sign of division within the opposition, the deputy head of Diallo’s UFDG party, the largest opposition group, said on Tuesday it was too early to reject the election before the official results had been announced. Diallo now has an alliance with the supporters of Moussa Dadis Camara, a former military leader currently in exile in Burkina Faso. “That alliance between Dialllo and Camara’s camp looks very unusual”.
“If the opposition parties have complaints, their duty is to legal means and inform the constitutional court”, Naite said, referring to the country’s highest electoral authority.
“Alpha Condé is the first democratically elected president of Guinea and I say that the opposition would probably not agree but he all in all, there have been five years of relative democracy and this election will count towards the entrenchment of democratic process”, said Fielding. They first threatened to boycott the election, but later demanded for it to be postponed.
Several people were killed in clashes during the election campaign.
Their declaration is likely to stoke tension in the West African country, which has a history of political violence, including at the 2010 election that brought Conde to power.
Another opposition leader, Sydia Toure of the Union of Republican Forces, told journalists that more than 20 percent of ballot papers and 30 percent of envelopes were not available at polling station.
But he also said there were many shortcomings, including problems with voter registration.
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As Guineans wait for the final results, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged all sides to refrain from any action that could lead to violence.
