Conakry, Guinea (CNN) -- Miscommunication, technical issues and a big soccer game mean the proposed date for Guinea's runoff presidential election is no longer viable, the electoral commission said.
"The October 10th date is no longer feasible," Thierno Seydou Bayo, spokesperson for Guinea's National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) said regarding a second-round presidential poll between two candidates, Cellou Dalein Diallo and Alpha Conde, which was originally scheduled for September 19 but delayed because of election violence.
Bayo indicated the runoff in the West African nation may occur later this month.
The news Friday came more than one week after CENI submitted the October 10 date to the president's secretary for verification, according to Bayo.
Military junta leader Gen. Sekouba Konate, who serves as president, said Wednesday on state TV that he never received the date proposal.
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