The chief of staff of the Guinean army on Wednesday said soldiers would be able to vote in Sunday's first ever democratic election in the west African nation "without pressure" and away from barracks.
Colonel Nouhou Thiam said "unlike in the past where soldiers were obliged to vote in military camps and in the presence of superior officers, each will vote without pressure where he is registered."
"We want a transparent and credible election, accepted by all," he said, adding: "The past is the past, now it's a democracy, soldiers will vote on the same day as the poll, that is to say on Sunday."
Four million Guineans head to the polls Sunday in the first ever democratic election in the west African nation, a former French colony that has seen a succession of dictatorships since independence in 1958.
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