Sékouba Konaté alleges fraud in Guinea’s 2010 presidential election
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Guinee7
Former Guinean Transition President Sékouba Konaté said both rounds of the 2010 presidential election were marred by fraud. Speaking on LGF, he accused actors in the second round of manipulating machines, according to an interview reported by Guinee7.
Former Guinean Transition President Sékouba Konaté says both rounds of the 2010 presidential election were marred by fraud. Speaking on LGF, the general said ballot boxes had been stuffed in the first round, implicating an election held under his authority.
This account contradicts the consistent testimony of his closest aide at the time, whose identity is not specified by Guinee7. The 2010 presidential election paved the way for what many Guinean actors describe as the country’s first democratic transfer of power, with the election of Alpha Condé.
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