Guinea’s runoff Presidential election, scheduled for October 24, has now been moved to October 31 after skirmishes between police and protesters resulted in two deaths and the replacement of the head of the country’s election commission, Louceny Camara, who had been accused of bias, with Malian official Siaka Toumany Sangare. Or maybe not.
My favorite part of the story? “When asked if this decision had been accepted by the two candidates, Alpha Conde and Cellou Dalein Diallo, Kouchner replied, ‘yes, I think so’.”
“Yes, I think so.”?!?
Perhaps someone needs to be a bit more thorough in their due diligence before these sorts of decisions are made? Because today in the news we discover that both candidates were ready to move forward with the elections on the 24th.
