We discuss this with Cellou Dalein Diallo, former prime minister, leader of the opposition, several times presidential candidate. Nathalie Wakam: I would like us to start with Sudan. There is a transition that was put in place a few months ago. And then it stopped. How do you feel about the recent events in Sudan?
Cellou Dalein Diallo: These changes are to be deplored, since after the fall of Omar al-Bashir, a consensus was reached to bring together military and civilian actors in the conduct of this transition.
I think this is a step backwards in terms of democracy. Do you still feel the same way? Cellou Dalien Diallo: The arrival of the army is for us a source of relief and liberation for the people. The army has announced its willingness to organize a return to constitutional order through inclusive, free and transparent elections.
My position remains the same. I support the intervention by the army to stop the descent into hell and I also encourage Guinea's partners to work w ith the transitional government in organizing the return to constitutional order. Nathalie Wakam: In Mali, there is a debate about the duration of the transition and the urgency of holding the next elections.
The transitional government wants to do things at their own pace. Is this a demand that you might have for Guinea? Cellou Dalein Diallo: The role of any transition is to organize the return to constitutional order and the establishment of legitimate institutions capable of undertaking profound reforms to tackle the scourge that is undermining Guinean society and the functioning of institutions.
This seemed very short to us given our experience of not participating in a previous transition and the organization of several elections.
We felt that 15 months was enough time to organize elections and get out of this exceptional period. Nathalie Wakam: This transition process is being put in place. Some people question the colonel's strategy! Cellou Dalien Diallo: First of all, it must be said that the colonel had taken the initiative of asking the political parties to make proposals on the terms of the trans ition. We have done this exercise and we have submitted briefs. The Charter is acceptable and it is relatively good.
There is no problem, even if the number of seats allocated to political parties seems a little low, since there are 15 out of But what we deplored somewhat was the fact that there was no dialogue with the junta, on the duration of the transition, on the organs of the transition, on the legislative and or on regulatory framework for the next elections and all that.
We use cookies to improve our service for you. You can find more information in our data protection declaration. Two days after the putsch in Guinea that ousted President Alpha Conde, his main political opponent, Cellou Dalein Diallo, told DW that he hopes the coup will lead to more democracy. The president of the Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea UFDG and Alpha Conde's main challenger in the last presidential election, Cellou Dalein Diallo, explained in an interview with DW why he was willing to trust the military coup leaders , at least for the time being.
Ten months after the closure of your offices and the headquarters of your party, the UFDG, by the toppled government, you were able to go back for the first time on Monday. What state did you find the facilities in? I was shocked to see that everything had been ransacked. It smacks of the hatred and brutality of Alpha Conde's regime.
But I am pleased to have my property back. It will allow my party to meet again. I confess that I do not understand the extent of the hatred and unnecessary destruction. Alpha Conde did not go through either the justice system or the administration to perpetrate this crime. There was no legal basis for him to ban access to these offices for almost 10 months.
But I'm happy to have my offices back. Now I will have a bailiff in to report on what has been destroyed. President Alpha Conde was arrested by soldiers at his president ial palace on Sunday.
You don't seem opposed to the coup. Obviously, it is against my beliefs. But we are facing a situation where Alpha Conde has seized power by violating the constitution, by violating his oath, by trampling on all the rules and principles of democracy and the rule of law.
We have tried everything else. We called on the international community, but it did not or could not change its position. Peaceful demonstrations on the streets were brutally suppressed. Innocent Guineans were killed simply for exercising their constitutional right to march in public places.
They killed nearly 40 people in N'zerekore and buried them in the night. All of these people, all of these citizens, were denied justice, compassion and reparation. Nothing we tried worked. We tried to take legal action against this, but without success. The judiciary is not independent; it does not dispense justice. Alpha Conde was always right; the opposition was always wrong. Hundreds of thousands of people have been arrested, tried and convicted even though they were innocent.
All resistance has been unsuccessful. Now the army, in a patriotic outburst, decides to liberate us from this dictatorship that has no respect for human life, the rights and freedoms of citizens and democracy. We can only recognize that as a patriotic act. Daily blasts shake the Debele mine in the province of Kindia in western Guinea-Conakry.
The workers use dynamite to blow up the quarry rock. The rock is made up of bauxite ore, one of the main components for aluminium production. The bauxite is collected once the smoke has cleared.
Lorries transport the rock to the nearby factory, as they have done for decades. It's then broken down in a laborious and time-consuming method. An easier mining method is used in the open-pit mine next door. A rotary excavator completes several states of the work simultaneously. It digs up the bauxite rock from the ground, breaks it down and loads it on to the lorry. The workers' union is not happy that the excavator replaces employees.
The Russian mine operator bought the excavator from a German company. If the machinery breaks down, the chief engineer is brought in. He and his team received special training in Germany so they can repair the excavator. The quarry and the open-pit mine lie in western Guinea, near the border to Liberia. The bauxite extraction was started in Russian firms have been operating in the country for over 20 years.
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