By Agency Report
The transitional assembly in Guinea, which mandate is to organize a return to civilian rule after the military overthrow President Alpha Conde last year, has held its inaugural session Saturday.
All 81-member national transitional council were present for the day-long inaugural session in parliament buildings in the capital Conakry.
It will be recalled that Conde, who was Guinea’s first democratically elected president and had been in power since 2010, was overthrown on September 5th at the age of 83. Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, who led the coup d’état, was sworn in as interim president a month later, promising to “re-find the state.”
Colonel Mamady also vowed to fight corruption and reform the electoral system in order to hold “free, credible, and transparent” elections.
The Transitional Assembly, known as CNT, whose members were chosen by Doumbouya from the list submitted by political parties and associations, is tasked with drafting a new constitution and suggesting a date for a return to civilian rule.
Meanwhile, a development expert, Mohammed Beavogui, has been named interim Prime Minister while the government and other institutions have been dissolved and ministers, governors, and prefects replaced with administrators and soldiers.
Guinea is one of four West African countries where the military seized power in the last year, along with Mali, Burkina Faso, and Guinea Bissau.
Source AFP.
