Guinea's military regime announced the dissolution of dozens of political parties and the placing of two major opposition movements under surveillance.
The dissolution of 53 political parties and mandatory surveillance of another 54 for three months was announced by the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralization, on Monday night.
The measures were taken based on an assessment of all political parties, started in June, which aimed to "clear the political chessboard", he added.
The movements that will be under observation for three months will be able to operate normally, but must resolve the irregularities highlighted in the report.
These parties include the Rally of the Guinean People, of former president Alpha Condé, deposed by the military in 2021, and the Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea.
Authorities stated that the parties under observation did not hold the party congress on time and did not provide bank statements, among other issues.
Former colonel Mamadi Doumbouya, sworn in as President and promoted to the rank of general, seized power by force in Guinea-Conakry, a country neighboring Guinea-Bissau, in September 2021.
Under international pressure, the military junta initially committed to handing over power to elected civilians by the end of 2024, but has already made it clear that it will not fulfill this commitment.
Several Guinean leaders recently expressed their support for Doumbouya's candidacy in the upcoming presidential elections, which still have no official date.
Several West African countries, including Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, have suffered coups d'état that installed military junta's and severed or reduced long-standing military ties with Western powers in favor of security support from Russia.
