Guinean President Alpha Conde has enacted a new constitution following a referendum last month on changes that opponents fear are aimed at extending his time in office.

Changing the constitution was hugely controversial, spurring mass demonstrations against the proposed amendments that left dozens of people dead and after months of tensions, Conde enacted the new charter by decree on Monday, the same day he approved a 292 million euro ($315m) “economic response plan” to the coronavirus pandemic. 

Guinea has 128 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus.