Guinea Presidential Election: We Won And Have The Receipts To Prove It

LAST Sunday, just over 3.5 million Guineans turned out to vote in our country’s presidential election.

A period of political violence and social division preceded the poll, sparked by the unconstitutional actions taken by our president, Alpha Condé, who engineered a brazen constitutional coup in an attempt to secure a third successive term in office.

The majority of voters headed to their respective polling stations on 18 October determined to reject the corruption of the past in favour of unity, progress and growth.

Despite intimidation, threats and instances of violence, as well as disenfranchisement – in which opposition voters were told they were not registered – a new majority of Guineans voted to end Condé’s attempt at dictatorship.

Guineans instead chose democracy. And my campaign has the receipts to prove it.

Our team designed and implemented a comprehensive, ground-breaking parallel voter tabulation (PVT) system through a web application that received