Conakry, 02 June, 2023 / 11:20 am (ACI Africa).
A new constitutional dispensation being considered in Guinea need to ensure that religious freedoms are safeguarded, Archbishop Vincent Coulibaly of the country’s Conakry Archdiocese has said.
Addressing members of National Transitional Council (CNT) in a Tuesday, May 30 session at the National Assembly of the West African nation, Archbishop Coulibaly underscored the need for the new constitution to “reflect a set of principles that all citizens in the country can agree upon.”
“The Constitution must preserve secularism while respecting religious freedoms,” the Guinean Catholic Archbishop told participants in Guinea’s (CNT) who had just concluded a constitutional orientation debate, a step in the return to constitutional order in the West African country.
The session that had the participation of various representatives of constitutional stakeholders in Guinea aimed at, through its inclusiveness, “overcoming sterile controversy, reducing controversy and differences” in view of promoting “a consensual approach”.
In his address, Archbishop Coulibaly said he desires to see “an executive made up of a President and a Prime Minister”, with the President “unable to dissolve Parliament until the end of his term”.