By Solomon Mensah
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is expected to virtually hold an emergency summit at 2pm (1400GMT) today to be directed by the bloc’s Chair, Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
The emergency summit follows Sunday’s coup that
toppled President Alpha Conde who had previously pushed for constitutional
change that saw him go for a third term in office.
Coup leader Mamady Doumbouya addressing Guineans on
state television, on September 5, said that: “We will no longer entrust
politics to one man, we will entrust it to the people.”
But ECOWAS in a statement condemned the coup, saying
it does not condone unconstitutional political change.
Wednesday’s summit is expected to among other things reiterate
the condemnation of the coup, impose sanctions on Guinea and possibly suspend
the country from the regional bloc till governance is handed over to a civilian
government.
Meanwhile, the soldiers have announced army officers as
governors to man affairs of Guinea’s eight regions.
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