Guinean Party Rejects Draft Constitution, Demands Immediate Referendum

A former ruling party in Guinea, RPG Arc-en-Ciel, has registered displeasure over the country’s draft constitution recently published by the National Transitional Council (CNT).

During the party’s weekly meeting last Saturday, a former minister of commerce, Marc Yombouno, led the party in criticising the process in which the transitional council was handling the draft constitution.

The former minister said the whole process has dragged on, noting that the final constitution document was yet to be made accessible to the public and the political parties for in-depth analysis.

He complained that drafting the constitution takes less time and human resources in other countries.

“In many countries, it’s a team of 10 to 12 people, specialists who do this. Here, we have 81 people who have been doing it for 3 years,” he stated.

Yombouno also questioned the government’s participation in drafting the constitution, calling it “non-regulatory.”

“For the first time, we see for a draft Constitution, the institution that represents the National Assembly calls on the Prime Minister and the Government to discuss within the hemicycle,” he stated.

Guinea has been under a junta government since 2021, following a coup led by Colonel Mamady Doumbouya that ousted the civilian administration. The junta had pledged to return the country to civilian rule after organising elections. At the start of the year, Col. Doumbouya said the government would hold a referendum in 2024.

Nevertheless, Yombouno urged the government to stop procrastinating and expedite the referendum process, allowing the country to decide on the constitution.

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