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  • Guinean President Alpha Conde declared Wednesday that he would seek a third term in elections on October 18, confirming long-expected plans that have already triggered deadly unrest. "I am now committed, because you were the ones who decided that I should commit," the 82-year-old leader said in a video conference to women supporters campaigning for him to run again. Conde, nearing the end of his second and final five-year spell in office, this year pushed through a revamped constitution that opponents say was crafted to reset the term counter. Protests against his suspected re-election plan erupted in the West African state in October last year but met with a ruthless crackdown, and several dozen people have died. Conde had until now refused to spell out whether he would seek re-election, saying only that this was a question for his party, the Rally of the Guinean People (RPG). The speculation came to an end on Monday, when the RPG issued a statement on TV saying "Conde will indeed be our candidate," a position now confirmed by the president himself. "The parties have said their word, but my decision is based on your union and your commitment. Because without women, we can do nothing," he said. "Although the constitution requires political parties to present their candidates, me, I'm the candidate of women and young people," he added. The National Front for the Defence of the Constitution (FNDC), an umbrella grouping of parties, labour unions and civil society groups, on Tuesday lashed the bid as "outrageous and conflict-inducing". It said its protest campaign would soon enter a "decisive phase," but gave no immediate further details. Conde is himself a former opposition figure who was jailed under previous regimes. The former French colony is replete in minerals but mired in poverty and instability. Hopes of change flourished when Conde became Guinea's first democratically elected president in 2010, winning re-election five years later. Supporters say Conde has worked hard to build Guinea's infrastructure and attract foreign investors to exploit the country's mineral wealth. But critics say he has become increasingly authoritarian, eroding human rights and using oppressive means to crush dissent, at the estimated cost of around 200 lives since coming to power. Conde has also cultivated closer relations with Russia and China, in the face of criticism from the United States and Europe. bm-lal/sst/ri/gd
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  • Guinean president confirms bid for controversial third term
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