{"id":992,"date":"2025-11-03T22:48:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T22:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=992"},"modified":"2025-11-03T22:48:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T22:48:47","slug":"guinea-military-government-leader-enters-presidential-race-elections-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=992","title":{"rendered":"Guinea military government leader enters presidential race | Elections News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Mamady Doumbouya formally files papers for the December 28 election, aimed at restoring constitutional order after 2021 coup.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 3 Nov 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">3 Nov 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p class=\"p1\">Guinea\u2019s military government leader, Mamady Doumbouya, has officially entered the presidential race, submitting his candidacy for the December 28 elections, aimed at restoring constitutional order following the general\u2019s 2021 coup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Doumbouya arrived at the West African country\u2019s Supreme Court in an armoured vehicle on Monday to formally hand in his candidacy, surrounded by special forces. He left without giving a statement.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p class=\"p1\">Thousands of his supporters, who had travelled to the capital, Conakry, by bus, gathered outside the court, chanting: \u201cMamady champion, Mamady president, Mamady already elected!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Doumbouya, 40, had promised not to run when he seized power in 2021. But a new constitution pushed by the military government and approved in a referendum in September opened the door to his candidacy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The new charter replaced arrangements agreed to after the coup, which had barred members of the military government from contesting elections. It also requires presidential candidates to live in Guinea and be between 40 and 80 years old.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">This would bar two potentially powerful candidates \u2013 former President Alpha Conde, 87, the country\u2019s first freely-elected president, who lives abroad, and former Prime Minister Cellou Dalein Diallo, 73, who is in exile over corruption allegations that he denies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Other candidates, including former Prime Minister Lansana Kouyate and former Foreign Minister Hadja Makale Camara, have submitted their applications and would be able to stand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In a statement on Monday, the opposition Living Forces of Guinea (FVG) alliance condemned Doumbouya\u2019s candidacy as \u201ca disastrous turning point in our country\u2019s history\u201d and accused him of trampling on \u201cthe solemn commitments\u201d he made not to run for president.<\/p>\n<p>Impoverished Guinea, a former French colony that is home to 14.5 million people, has long been blighted by coups and violence from hardline governments.<\/p>\n<p>However, it experienced a period of democratic transition following the November 2010 election of Conde, until he was overthrown by Doumbouya in September 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Since coming to power, Doumbouya has significantly restricted freedoms.<\/p>\n<p>The military government has banned demonstrations and has arrested, prosecuted or pushed into exile several opposition leaders, some of whom were victims of forced disappearances.<\/p>\n<p>Several media outlets have also been suspended and journalists arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Guinea became the second country in sub-Saharan Africa after Ghana to gain independence in 1958, before the decolonisation wave of the 1960s. It is home to the world\u2019s largest bauxite reserves and the world\u2019s richest untapped iron ore deposit at Simandou.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mamady Doumbouya formally files papers for the December 28 election, aimed at restoring constitutional order after 2021 coup. 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