The day before arrival in Conakry, former Governor General of Canada, elected head of the International Francophone institution in November 2014 in Dakar, did not fail to recall the aesthetic and emotional touch her trip to Guinea.
From the window of her home in the Case Bellevue, overlooking the sea, Michaëlle Jean, Haitian, said to have been taken by what she calls the "breath of the ancestors, the sea, the journey that has allowed us to survive for 350 years away from Africa. " But her visit to Conakry is a political trip: "We are here to bring our total commitment to supporting democracy in Africa and the Republic of Guinea, the promotion of women. I am delighted to be here after having often received our Guinean brothers in Paris. "
In a context marked by the health crisis Ebola, the representative of the Francophonie is optimistic: "On the Ebola crisis, I greet all joint actions between the countries affected by the crisis, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea and the commitment of the international community. Once the pandemic under control, we will work together for a new economic strategy in Guinea and strengthen African regional integration underway. " Because, she says, always keep the faith, citing the example of Haiti "Haiti has had to face such a reconstruction test. Here is the proof of our presence. "
The objective of the new Secretary General of the Francophonie: "Wear a comforting message to tell Guineans that they are not alone in this test, pass to the world the realities that are happening here, to have a clear idea of the challenges and challenges facing Guinea, to take over the country. " Thus the Secretary General welcomes the new electoral process from agreeing the next presidential electoral process proposed for October 11, 2015: "there is a real vision and I look forward to the electoral calendar that allows the country to move ballot in a peaceful climate, the OIF is involved, it is an issue that is close to our heart. " For President Alpha Conde, who recalls that it must not be complacent in these last moments of the fight against Ebola, "I had even forgotten the election, I was so mobilized around Ebola."
"We support the constitutional route, in a context where previous commitments (such as the choice of a new electoral operator) have been met," says John. Accompanied by the political adviser Ousmane Paye, former Canadian ambassador to Guinea from 1990 to 1994 and Christophe Guilloux in charge issues of democracy in the Francophonie, Ms. Michaëlle Jean gave details on the contribution of the Francophonie to the next election: "We are working on the preparatory stage to accompany the CENI and the device for the poll, but the question of resources, it will certainly find a dynamic complementarity with other stakeholders and after the election presidential, think the institutional fortification. "
In her work schedule, Ms. Michaelle Jean will visit an Ebola treatment center, meeting this Monday, March 23, 2015, the office of the CENI and political actors of power, the opposition of the majority, civil society . To restore the balance between stakeholders. An essential balance because she said: "The country needs to get up, put the economy back on track, brown investors, this is possible, the country is full of potential." But March 23, 2015, the main opposition leaders were still in the Guinean capital. And yet, for that Guinea ahead, says Michaëlle Jean, "in everyone's heart, we must first think about the national interest."
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