“Guinea will remain under suspension”

  1. Posted on Tuesday 19 January 2010 - 09:30
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    Buya Jammeh, AfricaNews reporter in Banjul, Gambia
    The commissioner of the African Union's Peace and Security Council, Ramtane Lamamra, has said the suspension of Guinea from the continental body would remain, pending the outcome of the junta's agreement to a transitional government amid hopes for lasting peace in the West African country.
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    The commissioner said Guinea will remain suspended until the restoration of constitutional rule; he maintained that African Union would not rush into lifting the suspension because the international community is committed to the restoration of democracy in Guinea through free and fair elections.

    “I am afraid Guinea will remain suspended until the restoration of democratic order one has to be careful not to rush to lifting sanctions because that can be a signal that could be wrongly understood by some quarters, and they would think that the international community would not be particularly demanding on the conditions of free and fair elections”, Lamamra told VOA news.

    He said the African Union is pleased with the mediation efforts of Burkina Faso President Blaise Campaore. “We are grateful to President Campaore, his time, his energy, his dedication. This was not an easy mediation and he is now recording a significant success”,Lamamra said.

    Lamamra hoped that the agreement reached through the mediation of President Campaore would be a turning point in the management of the Guinea crisis.

    Lamamra said the African Union welcomes Captain Camara's decision to stay out of Guinea and not try to reclaim power; he added that the development announced in Ouagadougou is a positive one. He revealed that Captain Dadis Camara had become an obstacle for the peaceful democratic transition in the country,he said.

    He said the African Union will do everything within its power to make the new agreement a success and hopefully the people of Guinea are looking forward to implementing the new agreement.

    Within the next six months, the country will be ruled by a new prime minister appointed by the opposition parties and elections will take place at the end of this new transition with the active participation of all the political forces, he said.

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