By AFPMore by this AuthorCONAKRYLocal elections in Guinea, expected since 2005, will not take place before the end of the year, an opposition party spokesman said Monday, a month after demonstrations calling for polls. Opposition spokesman Aboubacar Sylla said the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) had announced the delay at a meeting called to resolve the issue. Local elections should have been held in February under an agreement reached in October 2016 between the government, opposition, civil society and international partners in Guinea. DEMOSBut since then, despite opposition demonstrations demanding President Alpha Condé respect the agreement, the election timetable has slipped. The opposition spokesman also highlighted "uncertainties linked to the financing" of the vote, which has been constantly postponed, since CENI has only a third of the necessary budget to organise it.

Source: Daily Nation September 12, 2017 07:41 UTC