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Guinea: The death of Sylla and the exacerbating political situation
By African Bulletin on September 16, 2010
While the Guineans are waiting to know if the second round of the presidential election will be held on September the 19TH,
and few days before this deadline, the president of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Ben Sekou Sylla, passed away in Paris at the age of 57. He had returned to Conakry for the first round of elections on June 27, before returning to the French capital soon after the announcement of interim results in July. Sylla was replaced by an interim president, Haja Aminata Camara Mame. His death comes just days after his conviction for “electoral fraud” by the court. He was accused by the Rally of the People of Guinea’s candidate Alpha Condé of stealing the minutes in the first round of the presidential election. Today, the RPG candidate, Alpha Condé, is requesting the appointment of a “neutral person” as president of the INEC, in replacement of Ms. Camara, too close to the party of Cellou Dalein Diallo; while the political alliance, established around the latter is askin for the resignation of the Guinean Prime Minister of transition, Jean-Marie Doré, accused of taking a stand in favour of Alpha Condé during the campaign.