Guinean legislative election, 2008
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A legislative election is planned to be held in Guinea in 2008. The election was originally planned to be held in June 2007, but was postponed to December 2007 due to the January-February 2007 general strike, which resulted in the appointment of a new government and Prime Minister.[1] It was, however, subsequently considered likely that the election would be postponed another time to around March 2008 due to delays in setting up CENI and the need for revision of electoral lists.[2][3] A date for the election in November or December 2008 has been proposed.[4]
On October 11, 2007, Prime Minister Lansana Kouyaté expressed regret regarding slowness in the organization of the election and said that it would be difficult to hold the election by December. Political parties have been unable to agree on how many members should be on the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI).[5]
As of October 2007, the budget for the election is about 79 billion Guinean francs, with about 18 billion coming from the government and foreign aid required for the remainder.[5]
On February 12, 2008, an ad hoc commission responsible for determining a timetable for the election proposed that it be held between November 23 and December 14, 2008.[4]
In preparation for voter registration that is needed for the revision of the voter rolls, an awareness campaign regarding registration was launched on May 20, 2008.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ "Guinea to postpone elections", AFP (The Times, South Africa), 10 May 2007.
- ^ Malick M. Bangoura, "Vers les élections législatives : Revue à mis parcours du projet d’appui", Le Diplomate Guinée, September 16, 2007 (French).
- ^ "Guinea: Country Awaits New Date for Legislative Poll", IRIN, November 1, 2007.
- ^ a b "Guinée: Vers l'organisation des législatives en fin 2008", Panapress (afriquenligne.fr), February 13, 2008 (French).
- ^ a b "Vers un report probable des Législatives en Guinée", Panapress (Afriquenligne.fr), October 11, 2007 (French).
- ^ "CENI : La campagne de sensibilisation pour la révision des listes électorale est lancée", Guineenews, May 20, 2008 (French).
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