November 10, 2020 09:43:39 am
The Supreme Court of Guinea confirmed Saturday that Alpha Condé won a third term as president. Condé’s rivals had raised allegations of voter fraud, which the court rejected.
Condé’s victory comes after a highly contested election. According to official results, he received 59.5 percent of the vote, with an estimated 78.88 percent voter turnout. Cellou Dalein Diallo, leader of the opposition party Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea (UDFG), won 33.5 percent of the vote. After the election, Diallo and other opposition leaders alleged that there had been acts of voter fraud. Their allegations were based on data collected by Diallo’s supporters at polling stations, but the constitutional court said they had failed to provide evidence in support of their allegations. Condé’s opponents have no further means of challenging the results. As such, Diallo has called on his supporters to resist by any legal means. Observers from African countries have backed the results, but France, the EU and the US have cast doubts.