The government has said that the elections calendar cannot be charged and the presidential poll must go ahead as scheduled on Oct 11. But after meeting with Mr Conde on Monday, Sidya Toure, a Former prime minister who is now part of the opposition, said the president had accepted a change to the composition of the local administrations ahead of the vote.
“We made a proposition for 38 communal mayors and 90 districts. We were aiming to have this preposition accepted and that is what happened,” he said.
Guinea is composed of a total of 343 districts. Mr Toure said the proposed redistribution of local posts was proportional to the opposition’s representation in parliament.
Government spokesman Damantang Albert Camara said he was aware of the proposal but he was travelling and not able to confirm whether a compromise had been struck with the opposition.
Guinea the world’s leading bauxite producer, has not held local elections since 2002.
Mr Conde was elected in 2010 in elections that restored civilian rule to the country after the army seized control upon the death of longtime strongman Lansana Conte.REUTERS