DAKAR, Senegal — A DARK FARCE is set to unfold this Sunday in Guinea. The man who STORMED the presidential palace with guns four years ago is about to be CROWNED its “democratic” leader in an election so brazenly rigged it makes a mockery of the continent. This isn’t a return to democracy; it’s the FINAL NAIL in its coffin, a HARROWING BLUEPRINT for military strongmen across Africa to seize power and then BUY legitimacy with a sham vote.
General Mamadi Doumbouya, the junta leader who OUSTED an elected president, has SYSTEMATICALLY silenced, exiled, or DISQUALIFIED every credible opponent. He has DISSOLVED political parties, CENSORED the press, and ABDUCTED critics. Now, under a new constitution he RAMMED through—conveniently lifting the ban on military rulers and extending the presidential term—he stands alone. The “closest challenger” is a POLITICAL GHOST, a handpicked non-threat. This is not an election; it is a CORONATION by bullet, then by ballot.
The tragic irony is STAGGERING. Guinea sits on a FORTUNE in bauxite and iron ore, with its riches now sold to Chinese mega-projects, while over half of its citizens starve in “unprecedented poverty.” Doumbouya PROMISES prosperity, building infrastructure on the backs of a silenced populace. His rallies are state-funded SPECTACLES, his face plastered on the youth he manipulates with empty digital promises. The West African bloc ECOWAS SENDS observers, lending a veneer of credibility to a process they KNOW is rotten to the core.
One restaurant owner in Conakry calls it what it is: A FARCE. “When the candidate is also the referee, can we expect a miracle?” The answer is a resounding NO. This Sunday, Guinea will not vote for a president; it will be FORCED to validate its own captivity. The message to every aspiring autocrat is now terrifyingly clear: Stage a coup, crush dissent, rewrite the rules, and the world will WATCH as you legitimize tyranny. The very concept of free choice is being EXECUTED in broad daylight.




