#Guinea : The head of the junta in power in Guinea for a year, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, confirmed on Saturday as Prime Minister Bernard Gomou, who had been acting for Mohamed Béavogui since July.
Bernard Gomou, an unknown before being appointed Minister of Commerce, Industry and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in 2021, is confirmed as head of government to replace Mr. Béavogui, “unavailable for health reasons”, said announced on national television.
Mr. Gomou assumed this function on an interim basis since Mr. Béavogui left for Europe for treatment in July.
Guinea has been ruled since September 2021 by a junta led by Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, which overthrew former President Alpha Condé. Power rests in the hands of Colonel Doumbouya, who has had himself invested as president.
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Mohamed Béavogui, a development technocrat, said after his appointment in October that his government would carry out the tasks assigned by the junta.
The junta said it would return power to civilians after elections at the end of a so-called three-year transition period. She said she wanted to proceed during this period with a “refoundation of the State”, write a new Constitution, fight against corruption, reform the electoral system, organize elections and reconcile divided Guineans.
The opposition denounces an authoritarian exercise of power.
The confirmation of Mr. Gomou went hand in hand with a ministerial reshuffle with only two new entrants, without the influence of the military being altered.