Members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) arrive in Conakry ahead of a meeting with Guinea's junta president, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya on September 10, 2021. AFP PHOTO
CONAKRY, GUINEA: A leading figure in Guinea's opposition on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) urged regional bloc Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) not to impose economic sanctions on Guinea's new military regime, describing the recent coup as a "welcome development."
"The junta does not deserve to be sanctioned because it put an end to a situation of lawlessness," former prime minister Cellou Dalein Diallo told Agence France-Presse (AFP).