Overview

• A decree read on state television set the country's first presidential vote since the 2021 coup for December 28.
• The schedule followed a Supreme Court validation of the September referendum, with official results reporting 89% approval on 92% turnout.
• The new charter extends presidential terms to seven years with one renewal and creates a Senate, while scrapping the ban on junta candidates.
• Coup leader Mamady Doumbouya has not said if he will enter the race.
• Opposition parties dispute the turnout figures and sought to annul the referendum, a bid the court rejected, as the UN rights chief criticizes broader restrictions on political and media space.