After 8 months spent abroad, the president of the MoDeL party, Aliou Bah, returned to the country with a renewed commitment to continue the political struggle in favor of the return to constitutional order in Guinea.
This Thursday, April 13, 2023, Aliou Bah focused on the conduct of the ongoing transition in the country. According to him, the lack of visibility characterizing the unfolding of the process does not reassure the political actors and does not favor a rapid return of the country to constitutional order.
“The fact that the transition lacks visibility is worrying, because the longer it takes, the more difficult it becomes to manage. Even if we can claim achievements in terms of infrastructure, it remains a transition under an unelected authority. The Heads of State of the sub-region and the international community believe that if this transition lasts three or four years, it sends the message that we no longer need to be elected to exercise a mandate in a country.“, did he declare.
Aliou Bah points out that, two years following the army took power, no measures have yet been taken to restore constitutional order. This is why, according to him, time plays once morest the authorities of the transition.
“We wasted a lot of time on things that should have been done simultaneously. Even if there is a dialogue that concludes favorably, there are operations to be carried out within the framework of the electoral process that will be very difficult to compress. We need time to do this. Time therefore plays once morest the authorities of the transition, and therefore once morest democracy, because it is a question of the political and social stability of the country.“, did he declare.
For the success of the transition, the president of the MoDeL underlined what, from his point of view, should be a priority for the authorities.
“The electoral process is the common thread of the transition, and everything that is done alongside is secondary, because the return to constitutional order is made possible by elections. We need to set up an electoral management body, but we do not yet have a constitution or a legislative framework that allows us to have visibility on all electoral issues. Everyone knows that the three types of elections are not simple operations. We must therefore work in this direction, but all this can only be done with political will“, he concluded.
