All seven opposition leaders who contested Sunday’s presidential election have called for the annulment of the results.
The leaders say the election was fraudulent and are calling for fresh elections. The opposition candidates say there was massive rigging in favour of incumbent leader Alpha Conde.
Their declaration is likely to stoke tension in the West African country, which has a history of political violence, including at the 2010 election that brought Conde to power.
Conde, who rose to power in a military coup, is favored to win a second term, although the result from Sunday’s vote may be close enough to require a second round. Early results announced by radio stations so far showed Conde in the lead.
The opposition candidates, including the main C, told a news conference that there were numerous examples of fraud in the election.
Diallo said voters registered this year in the city of Labe in central Guinea received no voting cards and only those who voted in 2010 could cast their ballots on Sunday.
“The election was a masquerade which started yesterday and still continues today at the central (election) commission level. In these conditions, we again demand that the election be scrapped because we cannot recognise results issued through this process,” Diallo said.
“We have the right to protest. We will do it. That must be clearly understood,” he said, in a declaration that appeared to stop short of calling his supporters into the streets. He told Reuters.
Two people were killed and at least 33 were wounded in Guinea on Friday in clashes between Conde and Diallo’s supporters
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appealed in a statement for calm and urged all sides to refrain from making statements that could lead to violence.
