Guinea’s Supreme Court has validated results showing a landslide election win for coup leader Mamady Doumbouya, clearing the way for the former special forces commander to serve a seven-year term as president.<\/p>\n
The court also said late on Sunday the second-place finisher, Abdoulaye Yero Balde, had dropped his legal challenge to the result, which was condemned by opposition supporters online. Balde did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n
Doumbouya, thought to be in his early 40s, seized power in Guinea, a West African nation rich in bauxite and iron ore, in a 2021 coup, toppling then-president Alpha Conde. On New Year’s Eve, Conde gave a speech dismissing the vote as a “masquerade”.<\/p>\n
The court’s validation, required after every vote, confirmed provisional results that said Doumbouya had\u00a0secured 86.72% of the vote\u00a0in the December 28 election against a fragmented field of\u00a0eight challengers.<\/p>\n
In a short speech after the ruling, Doumbouya called on “all the daughters and sons of our nation, both here and in the diaspora, to come together to build a new Guinea”.<\/p>\n
The results showed Balde, the leader of the opposition Democratic Front of Guinea, came in second with 6.59% of the vote.<\/p>\n
He had asked the Supreme Court to annul the provisional results, saying the vote count was not transparent and that representatives of his party had been expelled from some polling stations.<\/p>\n
The U.S. embassy in Guinea congratulated Doumbouya and said Washington was looking forward to strengthening ties and advancing economic stability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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