The triggering of a countdown to the return to constitutional order by the United States Embassy in Guinea is not to the liking of the military junta in power, which has not taken at all to express its anger .
Through the voice of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Morissanda Kouyaté made himself heard with the American authorities whom he accuses of behaving like a “class supervisor watching over students in examination” by launching a countdown.
The head of Guinean diplomacy reminds the United States that on September 5, ”one of the worthy sons of our country assumed his historic responsibilities to rectify the conduct of the political, economic and social life of the valiant people of September 28 and the October 2, 1958”.
At the head of the CNRD, he underlines, ”the president of the transition, head of state, supreme commander of the armies, His Excellency Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya has set the objective of rebuilding the state through the gathering of all Guineans without any distinction, supported by an inclusive and permanent dialogue”.
He underlined that following consultations, Guinea and ECOWAS signed an agreement fixing the duration of the transition at 24 months with a content of 10 crucial activities.
Minister Kouyaté points out that the Head of State, on each occasion, insists that “not only will his commitments be respected but that neither he nor any person responsible for the transition will be a candidate in the next elections. Extremely rare are examples of this type in African politics.
He assures that “it is with surprise that we discovered on the website of the Embassy of the United States of America in Guinea a countdown towards the end of the transition in Guinea. I would like to make it clear that as much as the United States is the master of the clock for the activities of the American government, the Republic of Guinea is the master of the clock for the activities decided by the Guinean government”.
Angry, he tells the United States that “this countdown gives the image of a class monitor watching over students in exams. Which is obviously unacceptable for a country jealous of sovereignty and its independence like the Republic of Guinea”.
He informs the Guineans, after having exchanged with the senior officials of the Embassy of the United States of America in Guinea, that he was reassured that ”this countdown had no claim to put any pressure on the authorities of our country and their programs”.
He tells anyone who will listen that this countdown ”has no binding value and should not exist” before recalling that ”our good diplomatic and historical relations with this great country of democracy and of human rights are in good shape in mutual respect and consideration”.
Boussouriou Doumba, for VisionGuinee.Info
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