Guinea’s coup leader, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya has been sworn in as interim president weeks after leading the overthrow of the nation’s first democratically elected president, Alpha Conde.
According to media reports, the swearing-in took place yesterday, October 1st at the Mohammed-V palace in Conakry on the eve of the celebration of the 1958 declaration of independence from France.
Speaking at the ceremony, Doumbouya stated that his administration’s mission was to “refound” the state, by drafting a new constitution, fighting corruption, reforming the electoral system and then organising free, credible and transparent elections.
Promising to respect international commitments while transitioning to civilian rule, he also vowed to loyally preserve national sovereignty, adding that neither he nor any member of the junta would stand in any future elections.
Doumbouya will serve as transitional president until the country returns to civilian rule, according to a plan unveiled by the junta on Monday that does not mention a timeline.
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