US EditionGuinea's Military Junta Sets up Election Body for Upcoming Votes
- Guinea's military junta led by Gen. Mamadi Doumbouya established the Directorate General of Elections to manage the constitutional referendum in September and elections in December 2024 and 2025.
- The junta seized power in 2021 and agreed in 2022 to a democratic transition with a deadline of December 31, 2024, which it failed to meet, sparking opposition protests in January that paralyzed Conakry.
- The DGE is tasked with overseeing elections, maintaining the electoral register, and upholding election integrity, with its two leading officials selected through a decree issued by the president, as stated by Doumbouya on state television.
- More than 50 political parties were dissolved last year by the military regime, which also tightened control over media by cutting social networks, suspending private radio, and attacking journalists.
- These developments correspond with the scheduled referendum on September 21, 2024, and general elections in December 2025, though concerns remain about election credibility under the current military leadership.
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Guinea's military junta sets up election body for upcoming votes
Guinea’s military junta has created a new institution that will be responsible for managing elections, including a constitutional referendum in September and the general and presidential elections set for December.
This Saturday, General Mamadi Doumbouya promulgated Law L/2025/012/CNT of 25 April 2025, laying down the modalities for the organization of the constitutional referendum. Scheduled for 21 September 2025, the referendum will have to allow the Guinean people to decide on the draft new Constitution, a crucial step towards the return of the people.... Article Transition: General Doumbouya promulgates the law of the referendum and creates the DGE app…
In the near future, three months before the constitutional referendum scheduled for 21 September, the government passed a draft Constitution which could lead to the abolition of the limitation of presidential mandates.
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