Guinée: à Conakry, l'élection de Mamadi Doumbouya ne provoque pas l'euphorie
Until late Wednesday morning, Fatou Barry, a resident of a working-class neighborhood in central Conakry, did not know that the head of the junta, Mamadi Doumbouya, had been proclaimed the winner of the presidential election the previous evening.
"I was asleep last night (Tuesday). I didn't follow" the publication of the results by the General Directorate of Elections (DGE), says this 32-year-old woman, divorced and mother of two, in a white blouse over a multicolored loincloth.
She scrolls through images and messages on her mobile phone under a flowering mango tree in Coronthie, in the heart of the administrative and business district of Kaloum, not far from the presidential palace.
A tree-lined embankment separates this area near the sea from poorly maintained sewers, next to precarious zinc houses.
According to the DGE, the head of the Guinean junta, Mamadi Doumbouya, a colonel who promoted himself to general after his coup on September 5, 2021 against the elected president Alpha Condé, won the presidential election of December 28 with 86.72% of the votes, despite his initial promise not to run.
These provisional results must now be confirmed by the Supreme Court.
Mamadi Doumbouya faced eight little-known candidates in this election, from which prominent opposition figures were excluded.
No large-scale celebrations followed the announcement of the election results on Tuesday night, which were marked by a turnout of 80.95%, according to authorities.
A video on social media shows about ten young people celebrating Mr. Doumbouya's victory in the Kaloum and Camayenne districts, near the city center.
- "We have nothing to gain from this" -
Mabinta Sylla, a single shopkeeper and mother of one, claims she was unaware the results had already been published when interviewed by AFP on Wednesday at midday. "Everyone knew Doumbouya was going to win," she sighed.
In the same area, an AFP journalist spoke with seven young people, five of whom claimed not to have been aware of the publication of the results.
"I am focused on my work," says one of them, Abdou Camara, a 20-year-old mechanic whose first and last name have been changed for security reasons.
His neighbor, a 40-year-old cleaning technician, married and father of three, bluntly states that this election "doesn't interest him" because "we have nothing to gain from it".
In Coléah Imprimerie, another working-class neighborhood in Conakry, Foulématou Camara - again a pseudonym - stands on a road of poor tarmac passing through shacks.
"I am not aware of the announcement of the results. I have not been online for the past few days because the network was not good," she said, busy preparing small sachets of mayonnaise to sell.
"I mainly use Facebook," she says, even though this network has been targeted by restrictions according to users, which has not been confirmed by the authorities.
Next to her, a man in his thirties says, in a gruff tone: "I can't talk about it. I'm a military man and a politician," but "I followed the results last night."
- "With Doumbouya from head to toe"-
In Bellevue, a suburb of Paris, opposite a luxurious, flower-filled villa, Aminata Doumbouya rejoiced upon learning Wednesday morning that General Doumbouya had won. "Congratulations!" exclaimed the vendor of tomatoes, cabbages, and lettuces from her stall.
"I didn't know. I'm very happy," rejoiced the 63-year-old widow, smiling. This mother of "several children" supports Mr. Doumbouya, "her relative," in a country where political affiliations often correspond to community affiliations.
Her neighbor Adama Barry Doumbouya, a water and bread seller, says she doesn't have time to be interested in the politics of this country rich in minerals, but where the majority of the inhabitants are poor: "We have lost our husbands and are forced to work from morning to night to feed our families," she testifies.
"I am with Doumbouya from head to toe," says his colleague Djenabou Diallo, who is about forty years old.
"Doumbouya's supporters did not demonstrate last night because they themselves know they did not win" the election, said a 65-year-old man, who did not reveal his identity for security reasons.
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