Published on : 22/09/2022 – 13:41
The ruling junta in Guinea launched a very violent charge against the current president of ECOWAS on Thursday shortly before a summit of this organization, denouncing remarks made on Wednesday as a “shame” and accusing him of practicing diplomacy “guignols”.
« Gross lies and remarks that are similar to intimidation are nowadays retrograde practices that do not honor their author and at the same time tarnish the brand image of ECOWAS. We can’t bear this shame “Says Colonel Amara Camara, one of the figures of the junta and secretary general of the transitional presidency, in a video posted on the Facebook of the Guinean presidency. “ We are not in a relationship of puppets or reality TV “, he added.
Colonel Camara criticizes the current president of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Bissau-Guinean Umaro Sissoco Embalo, for his statements to RFI and France 24 on Wednesday September 22.
An exceptional ECOWAS summit scheduled for today in New York
President Embalo had warned that Guinea was going to the front “ heavy penalties if the junta that came to power by force in September 2021 persisted in wanting to stay there for three years. He had reaffirmed that during a visit to Guinea he had obtained an agreement with the junta to give way to elected civilians after two years, which Colonel Camara describes as “ lying ».
Leaders of ECOWAS member states are expected to meet at the top on Thursday afternoon in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, with the situation in Guinea as well as the crisis between Mali and Côte d’Ivoire at the top of their agenda.
Colonel Camara accuses Mr. Embalo, since his accession to the rotating presidency of the conference of West African heads of state a few weeks ago, of becoming famous for “ his personal positions in defiance of his presidential counterparts ».
He accuses him of “showing off” and bringing the presidency of ECOWAS into disrepute, of having forced the hand of his West African counterparts to hold a summit outside West Africa and of wanting to the same with sanctions against Guinea.
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(With AFP)