“In these conditions, we again demand that the election be scrapped because we can not recognise results issued through this process”, Diallo said.
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Main opposition candidate Cellou Dalein Diallo and other candidates will hold a press conference on the vote Monday, Diallo’s party said.
Fielding states how he expects any attempts to discredit Alpha Conde before a second term even begins.
“We will not give in, we have the right to demonstrate, we will demonstrate”, he added.
A few polling stations remained open late, after voting materials arrived late or ran out. He is favored to win, though many say it is likely he will face off against Diallo in a second round.
President Conde was elected in November 2010 in the first fair and free democratic election in Guinea’s 57-year history.
Guinean soldiers and civilians queue to cast their votes during presidential elections in Conakry, Guinea, Sunday October 11, 2015.
He defeated Mr Diallo in a run-off.
The 77-year-old incumbent won the country’s first democratic elections in 2010, but they were tainted by violence and accusations of fraud, as were legislative polls three years later.
About 6 million Guineans were expected to vote for eight candidates at more than 14,800 polling stations watched by anti-riot police and worldwide observers.
One of three former premiers running for the presidency, Sidya Toure, slammed logistical problems, saying “all this mess was organised on objective to lead to a declaration of results that in no way corresponds to the will of the people”. Overall, though, the voting progressed in a credible way, Frank Engel, the European Union’s chief observer, told reporters on Sunday.
But Engel admitted that Guinea’s Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) was “probably less ready that it thought it was”.
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That being said, Fielding also felt that Ebola created a more “cohesive” society in Guinea.
