Judge postpones trial for Guinea’s electoral commission chief; threatening elections
By APThursday, October 7, 2010
Trial postponed for Guinea’s election head
CONAKRY, Guinea — The judge of the case against Guinea’s electoral commission president says the trial will be postponed for 15 days so that both sides can prepare their arguments.
The party of leading presidential candidate Cellou Dalein Diallo has accused electoral commission president Lounceny Camara of fixing the first round of elections held on June 27. The party also accuses Camara of being a militant supporter of opposing candidate, Alpha Conde.
Diallo’s party says it will not participate in the run-off elections scheduled for Oct. 24 if Camara remains head of the electoral commission. Meanwhile Conde’s party has also said it will boycott the elections if Camara is removed from office.
The election — which has already been rescheduled six times — was expected to be the first transparent vote since Guinea’s independence from France in 1958.
