00:00Seven years instead of five and a limit of two terms.
00:07This is the new face of the presidential term proposed by Guinea's transitional government according to a draft constitution.
00:14The draft constitution document was presented last Thursday to the head of the transitional government, the general Mamadi Dumbuya.
00:22After having been presented in its entirety on national television at the beginning of the week, the document is due to be put to a referendum in September.
00:31The new constitution largely resembles previous ones, but some aspects are changed.
00:37Aside from the presidential term, the draft also includes the creation of a Senate.
00:42A third of its members would be directly appointed by the head of state.
00:45Guinea has been headed by a transitional government since a military coup ousted President Al-Faconde in 2021.
00:54The country has not seen democratic elections since the coup.
00:59Prime Minister Amadou Uribe announced in May that parliamentary elections would take place in December of this year.
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