Guinea's transitional assembly, entrusted with arranging a return to civilian governance following the military coup of President Alpha Conde last year, had its opening session on Saturday.
According to AFP journalists, all 81 members of the national transitional council, abbreviated CNT in French, were present for the day-long inaugural session in parliament facilities in Conakry.
Conde, Guinea's first democratically elected president, was overthrown on September 5 at the age of 83.
Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, the coup leader, was sworn in as interim president a month later, vowing to "refound the state."
He also promised to fight corruption and overhaul the electoral system in order to organize elections that are "free, credible, Mali, and transparent."
The CNT, whose members were chosen by Doumbouya from lists supplied by political parties and organisations, is entrusted with writing a new constitution and recommending a date for the resumption of civilian authority.
Meanwhile, the government and other institutions have been dissolved, and ministers, governors, and prefects have been replaced by administrators and troops.
The assembly session was attended by Prime Leader Mohamed Beavogui, a temporary prime minister who is a development specialist.
Guinea, along with Mali, Burkina Faso, and Guinea Bissau, is one of four West African nations where the military has seized control in the recent year.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has banned Guinea and neighboring Mali from the organization and issued penalties in response to the coups.
Colonel Malick Diaw, the head of Mali's transitional council, attended Saturday's opening session of Guinea's legislature in a show of defiance.
