After a brief calm in which it looked as if modest post-election violence might abate Guinea has experienced the storm. Opposition leader Alpha Conde has been declared the winner. Resultant violence has led to the imposition of a state of emergency.
Now the key is stanching the violence. What is done is done. And a key to stopping further outbreaks of violence is for politicians to stand up, no matter what side they represent, and to call for calm and to remind their countrymen what a historic moment this election represents.
