Guinea's new draft constitution will reduce and limit presidential term

Guinea’s transitional authorities have presented a draft of a new constitution which will reduce and set presidential term limits, and potentially allow current military leader Mamady Doumbouya to participate in the next presidential election. The junta that took power in a coup in 2021 proposed a two-year transition to elections in 2022 after negotiating with the Economic Community of West African States regional bloc, but has shown little sign of moving to organise a vote. The new draft constitution, expected to be voted in a yet to be decided referendum, could pave the way for the bauxite and iron ore-producing West African nation to return to constitutional rule. [ . . . ] If the draft of the new constitution gets approval, the president will be elected for a five-year term renewable once, reducing the presidential term from six years in the constitution that was approved in 2020.
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