▁voting , ▁and ▁he ▁emphas ized ▁the ▁importance ▁of ▁ens uring ▁trans par ency ▁and ▁encourag ing ▁participation ▁so ▁that ▁the ▁election ▁would ▁be ▁cred ible . ▁ ▁All ▁political ▁parties ▁were ▁represented ▁on ▁C EN I . ▁According ▁to ▁C EN I ' s ▁Ben ▁S ék ou ▁Syl la , ▁speaking ▁in ▁October ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁the ▁election ▁would ▁the ▁first ▁to ▁be ▁held ▁without ▁an ▁opposition ▁boy c ott . ▁ ▁Pro tests ▁In ▁early ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁protest s ▁against ▁the ▁government ▁by ▁those ▁in ▁the ▁opposition ▁who ▁fe ared ▁a ▁rig ged ▁election ▁left ▁over ▁ 5 0 ▁people ▁dead . ▁The ▁opposition ▁demanded ▁that ▁Way mark , ▁a ▁South ▁African ▁firm ▁contract ed ▁to ▁rev ise ▁vot er ▁lists , ▁be ▁replaced ▁because ▁of ▁alleg edly ▁infl ated ▁vot er ▁lists . ▁It ▁also ▁said ▁exp atri ate ▁Gu ine ans ▁should ▁be ▁allowed ▁to ▁vote . ▁On ▁ 2 9 ▁May , ▁President ▁Al pha ▁Con de ▁announced ▁a ▁jud icial ▁investigation ▁into ▁protest s ▁the ▁prior ▁week ▁that ▁killed ▁at ▁least ▁ 1 2 ▁people . ▁He ▁also ▁replaced ▁Inter ior ▁Minister ▁M our am any ▁C isse ▁with ▁Gu ine an ▁Amb assador ▁to ▁Sen eg al ▁Mad if ing ▁D iane . ▁Eth nic ▁cl ash es ▁continued ▁in ▁July ▁leading ▁to ▁over ▁ 5 0 ▁death s . ▁In ▁September , ▁a ▁police ▁officer ▁was ▁killed ▁and ▁ 4 9 ▁people ▁injured ▁in ▁cl ash es