Guinea's ruling party has won the West African country’s parliamentary elections, which was held on September 28, the electoral commission says.
The country’s electoral commission issued a statement late on Friday and said the Rally of the Guinean People (RPG) party headed by President Alpha Conde won 53 seats and its small party allies also secured seven of the seats, taking 60 of the 114 seats in the national assembly.
The opposition UFDG party, led by Cellou Dalein Diallo, secured 37 seats and former Prime Minister Sidya Toure's UFR won 10 seats. The remaining seats were taken by smaller parties.
The opposition parties rejected the results of the polls, calling them as "unrealistic."
"We will not recognize the results, which are not in keeping with the people's vote," AFP quoted opposition coalition spokesman Sydia Toure as saying.
On October 4, Guinea's political opposition called for the invalidation of the results of the country’s parliamentary elections due to alleged fraud and irregularities.
"The opposition demands the pure and simple annulment of the vote because fraud was so massive," said the main opposition parties in a joint statement.
The parties accused Conde and his party of carrying out an "electoral hold-up" in the parliamentary elections with the aim of "giving the presidential majority an undeserved victory."
"In spite of repeated warnings, the opposition notes that the authorities and the CENI (Independent National Electoral Commission) persist in publishing electoral results that in no way reflect the reality of the ballot," the statement added.
The opposition also urged its "supporters to remain mobilized and be ready" for rallies "in coming days."
"If this demand to invalidate the results is not taken into consideration, the Guinean opposition will be forced to resort to all legal forms of protest including public demonstrations," said fellow opposition leader Aboubacar Sylla.
The vote was held after months of delay and unrest which left dozens of people dead.
On September 23, clashes between opposition protesters and police forces left a trainee policeman dead and over 50 people wounded in the capital Conakry.
Guinea is one of the poorest countries in the region despite huge potential for mineral exploitation.
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