LI bureau calls on Guinea president Condé to end violence and reject third term ambitions

Déclaration (English version follows below)

Le bureau de la LI appelle le président guinéen Condé à mettre fin à la violence et à rejeter les ambitions d’un troisième mandat

Face à la condamnation féroce de l’opposition politique et des groupes de la société civile en Guinée, le bureau de l’Internationale Libérale s’est attaqué à la supercherie politique du président de la Guinée, Alpha Condé. Le président Condé, qui tente de se soustraire à ses obligations démocratiques en cherchant illégalement un troisième mandat, a sanctionné le recours excessif à la force contre des manifestants pacifiques, faisant plusieurs morts et de nombreux autres arrêtés.

«Nous condamnons avec la plus grande fermeté le projet honteux de subterfuge démocratique du président Alpha Condé visant à assurer un troisième mandat illégitime au pouvoir. Ni le peuple guinéen ni l’Afrique au sens large n’ont besoin d’un dirigeant politique qui affiche un tel mépris de l’état de droit et des normes internationales des droits de l’homme.»

«Nous appelons le gouvernement à cesser immédiatement les hostilités contre son propre peuple, à libérer les manifestants emprisonnés pour avoir exercé leurs droits démocratiques, et à permettre des manifestations pacifiques. Un engagement à enquêter sur la mort de plusieurs manifestants doit être pris pour rétablir la confiance dans les services de sécurité. »

Statement

In the face of fierce condemnation from the political opposition and civil society groups in Guinea, the bureau of Liberal International has hit out at the political chicanery of the President of Guinea, Alpha Condé. President Condé, who is attempting to renege on his democratic obligations by illegitimately seeking a third term in office, has sanctioned excessive force against peaceful protesters which left several people dead and many more detained.

“We condemn in the strongest terms president Alpha Condé’s shameful project of democratic subterfuge to secure an illegitimate third term in power. Neither the people of Guinea nor Africa more broadly need a political leader who displays such contempt for the rule of law and international human rights standards.

“We call on the government to immediately cease hostilities against its own people, release those activists now imprisoned for exercising their democratic rights, and to permit peaceful protests. A commitment to investigate the deaths of several activists must be undertaken to restore faith in the security services.”

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