L’ancien ministre Moussa Solano n’est plus

CONAKRY, GUINEA: Guinean Interior Minister Moussa Solano, the official in charge of this weekend's presidential election, is pictured 19 December 2003 in Conakry. Solano appealed to the opposition to "bury the hatchet", quit their boycott of the election and resume national dialogue, after most opponents have decided to boycott the election to protest a constitutional change enabling President Lansana Conte to run for a third term after nearly 20 years in power. Conte, who seized power in a military coup in 1984, is expected to win easily 21 December against his one opponent, Mamadou Bhoye Barry, leader and sole parliamentary deputy of a small opposition party, the Union for National Progress (UNP). AFP PHOTO SEYLLOU (Photo credit should read SEYLLOU/AFP via Getty Images)