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  • Guinea's parliament elected a stalwart of President Alpha Conde as its head on Tuesday, cementing the president's control of the West African state's legislature after months of political tensions. The ruling party's Amadou Damaro Camara was elected speaker of the country's 114-seat national assembly with 98 votes in favour. Six MPs voted for his challenger Mohamed Lamine Kaba, a virtual unknown. The vote was the first since the country's contentious constitutional referendum and parliamentary election on March 22. Major opposition parties boycotted both polls in March over fears that the plan to change the constitution was a ploy to allow Conde, 82, to extend his grip on power. Conde's ruling Rally of the Guinean People (RPG) won 79 seats in the parliamentary poll. Voters also overwhelmingly backed the new constitution, although the United States, the European Union and former colonial power France all questioned the credibility of the results. Changing the constitution proved a hugely controversial proposal in Guinea, triggering months of protests which sometimes turned violent and deadly, with at least 32 people killed, according to an AFP tally. The new constitution limits presidential terms to two but extends the length of the term to six years. But the opposition also fears it would allow the president to reset the clock and launch a possible further 12 years in power -- a scenario that Conde has not denied. The president's second and final term ends this year. Under Guinean law, newly elected parliament speaker Camara would succeed Conde in the event of a power vacuum. bm-lal/eml/gd
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  • Guinea president stalwart elected parliament speaker
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