Guinea Junta Set to Accept Opposition Appointed Prime Minister

It has become apparent that Guinea’s Defence Minister Sekouba Konate has been able to convince wounded Head of State Moussa Dadis Camara to support the creation of a coalition government, with a Prime Minister appointed by the opposition. The Guinean leader, unable to talk at the moment gave a handwritten instruction to the Defence Minister when he visited him in hospital in Rabat, the capital city of Morocco, in approval of the proposal to end the ongoing dispute between the junta and the opposition. This move is seen as a desperate attempt to satisfy the West who have been calling for a regime change. Whether it will be enough to satisfy critics of the regime only time will tell

Burkina Faso’s President Blaise Compaore, who is trying to mediate talks in the West African nation, has been asked to call a meeting with the opposition. The meeting will take place in Mali’s capital Ouagadougou, according to Idrissa Cherif, Guinea’s Communications minister. The proposal followed a meeting between the Guinean Minister of Defence who is currently the acting President, General Sekouba Konate, President Moussa Dasis Camara and Cherif the Communications Minister. “The head of state asked us to accept the request to take a prime minister from the opposition,” Cherif told reporter in Rabat.

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