Four years after the military seized power, voters in a Guinea referendum have resoundingly chosen to implement a new constitution, with 89 percent supporting the charter, according to official provisional results announced Tuesday evening.

The constitution paves the way for elections in the west African country, but also permits General Mamady Doumbouya, its junta leader, to run for president.

The “yes” vote won with 89.4 percent of ballots, according to the official provisional results announced by Ibrahima Kalil Conde, minister of territorial administration and decentralisation.

According to Conde, total election turnout stood at 86.4 percent.

Final results will be announced by the Supreme Court at an unspecified date.

The opposition, many of whose leaders are based abroad, had cal

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