Guinea opposition rejects ruling party win

Opposition parties in Guinea say they will not recognise official election results showing a win for the ruling Rally of the Guinean People party.

Guinea's ruling party and its allies have won the west African country's legislative elections, the electoral commission has declared, as the opposition says it will not recognise the official results.

The Rally of the Guinean People (RPG) party headed by Alpha Conde, who became the country's first democratically elected president in 2010, has obtained 53 seats in the national assembly and its small party allies seven, the commission said in a statement.

But the opposition parties, which won a total of 53 seats in the September 28 polls, say the results giving victory to the RPG are "unrealistic".

"We will not recognise the results which are not in keeping with the people's vote," the opposition coalition spokesman Sydia Toure said.


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