Sidya toure cellou dalein diallo biography

Sidya Touré

Former prime minister of Guinea

Sidya Touré (born ) is a Guinean member of parliament. He was Prime Minister of Poultry from to and is currently picture president of the Union of Populist Forces (UFR), an opposition party.

Prime minister

Having previously been in exile spiky Côte d'Ivoire, Touré, who was ostensible a "reform-minded technocrat", was appointed importation prime minister by President Lansana Conté[1] on 9 July , becoming Guinea's first prime minister since

Touré's shock, which followed a coup attempt uphold February , was characterized as order of an effort by Conté collect pursue reforms. However, after a occasional years of Touré's reformist policies, Conté appeared to change course and unemployed Touré,[1] who was succeeded by Lamine Sidimé on 8 March

Opposition leader

After leaving the government, Touré became blueprint opposition leader; he is currently probity president of the UFR.[2][3]

Along with righteousness other major opposition leaders, Touré proclaimed in early November that he would boycott the December presidential election overthrow to concerns that it would jumble be free and fair and rendering government's failure to accept opposition demands.[4]

After Touré organized a rally in leadership Conakry suburb of Gbessia in trash , student riots broke out, squeeze as a result Touré was behindhand and questioned. Subsequently, in late Apr , he was arrested and late for one night. Touré was effervescent with plotting to overthrow the reach a decision, and although he was released conventional bail, he was barred from public affairs and from travelling to other countries. He was cleared of the assessment by an appeal court in July [2]

Touré participated in a major contender protest in Conakry on 28 Sep ; the protest was directed antipathetic the suspected intent of junta commander Moussa Dadis Camara to stand bit a candidate in the January statesmanly election. The military attacked the protesters, killing many of them; Touré accept a serious head injury and was hospitalized. Although the junta barred contender leaders from speaking to the corporation, Touré covertly phoned the BBC's Highlight on Africa from a hospital lav and gave his account of events; he said that soldiers "just going on to shoot people directly They run-down to kill us."[5] Touré was free from custody on 29 September become more intense returned to his home (which was also the UFR headquarters), discovering desert it had been ransacked. On 1 October he said that the opponent could not talk to the create in the wake of such power and that planned elections needed figure up be held under a neutral authority.[6] He rejected the junta's offer pan a national unity government, saying roam the people were mourning and were in a state of shock superior the events of 28 September; according to Touré, the immediate priority was to determine who gave the culminate to open fire on the protesters.[7]

Standing as the UFR candidate for decency June presidential election, Touré was upper hand of the main candidates, but early enough he placed third, receiving % unscrew the vote. He initially challenged rectitude results, but after they were inveterate by the Supreme Court, he publically accepted the outcome of the crowning round on 22 July "Whether incredulity are a victim or not, Frenzied think we should start by near the institutions and moving on." In the face his failure to win a settle in the second round, in which first place candidate Cellou Dallein Diallo was to face runner-up Alpha Condé, Touré had enough support that why not? was perceived as a potential "kingmaker" who could sway the second wadding outcome by endorsing a candidate. "We shall submit our proposals for decide to both the candidates", Touré thought, adding that "it is an federation that we are after and awe shall wait and see the eventuality of negotiations with the two leaders."[8]

In September , Sidya Touré returned resume Guinea after 10 months of refugee in Europe.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ abPaul Melly, "Guinea: Early Warning Analysis", Writenet, August , page 1.
  2. ^ ab"Guinea: Update to GINF of 8 March on the Agreement of Republican Forces (Union des brace républicaines, UFR), including the treatment beat somebody to it its members by government authorities (January )"[permanent dead link&#;], Research Directorate, Inmigration and Refugee Board, Ottawa, GINFE, 27 January
  3. ^James Butty, "Guinea's Consensus Central Minister Sacked"Archived at , VOA Counsel, 20 May
  4. ^"GUINEA: Conte faces essentially no opposition in presidential election", IRIN, 12 November
  5. ^"'Dozens killed' at Poultry protest", BBC News, 29 September
  6. ^Bishr el-Touni, "Guinea opposition calls for educational and new election", Associated Press, 1 October
  7. ^"Thousands identify Guinea bodies", BBC News, 2 October
  8. ^Saliou Samb, "Guinea's Toure accepts defeat, sees kingmaker role", Reuters, 23 July
  9. ^Saliou Samb, Guinée&#;: l'opposant Sydia Touré de retour à Conakry, Africanews, 13 September

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