Obiang won the elections in Equatorial Guinea with almost 95% of the vote.

Obiang is 80 years old and longest-serving president in the worldAs the candidate of the ruling Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea (PDGE), which contested the elections in alliance with 14 political groups, he received 405,910 out of 411,081 valid votes.

seven-year period

With these data, the National Electoral Board declared Obiang “the officially elected president of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea”. new seven-year term“Faustino Ndong Esono Ayang, Minister of the Interior and chairman of the electoral commission, is at his ministry’s headquarters in the capital, Malabo.”

The country has only known two presidents since gaining independence from Spain in 1968: Obiang and his uncle Francisco MaciasHe was overthrown in a coup in 1979.

In second place was Andrés Esono, general secretary of the Convergence for Social Democracy (CPDS, the only truly authoritative opposition party), which garnered 9,684 votes.

100 deputies

In third and last place was the leader of the Social Democratic Coalition Party (PCSD, traditionally affiliated with the PDGE). Buenaventura Monsuy Asumu2,855 votes.

Equatorial Guinea has also elected 100 deputies of the House of Representatives (Lower House) and 55 of the 70 members of the Senate (Upper House), as well as the country’s municipal representatives.

The PDGE obtained 100 seats in the House of Representatives and 55 seats in the Senate, as well as 588 house members without CPDS and PCSD. not represented in these votes.

Constitutional Court

Stating that the final results should be approved by the Constitutional Court, the Minister of Interior encrypted the data. voter turnout 98%.

He stated that 413,148 out of 419,807 registered voters exercised their democratic rights in 1,533 ballot boxes, and 411,081 valid votes were obtained after the elimination of invalid votes and those left blank.

Small Central African country, approx. 1.5 million inhabitants and the only Spanish-speaking person in sub-Saharan Africa, Last Sunday, presidential elections were held, scheduled for 2023, but put forward – according to the Government – to save costs and coincide with legislative and municipal elections.

irregularity complaints

Calm day but they saw each other overshadowed by reports of irregularities two rivals of the president.

Esono, 61, complained on election day of “large scale fraud that was even worse than previous incidents”.

Likewise, 69-year-old Monsuy Asumu assured: “There are serious irregularities,” he said.

These accusations contradict the African Union’s (AU) preliminary report, which confirmed this week that the elections met “international standards” and did not detect “concrete irregularities”.

In past elections, Obiang always won with more than 90% of the vote.however, these results have been questioned by the international community in the past.

infrastructures

Equatorial Guinea, headed by Obiang massive investments in infrastructure thanks to the country’s oil wealth (One of the crude oil producers in Sub-Saharan Africa), which is the State’s main source of income.

However, his critics accuse him and his relatives of reaping the benefits of crude oil while the majority of the people of Ecuador live in poverty.

advocating organizations the human rights they also accuse the regime of being one of the most repressive regimes.

The elections were held after the outlawed opposition party Ciudadanos por la Innovación (CI) attacked its headquarters in Malabo by security forces on September 29, after a five-day siege.

arrests

CI leader, Gabriel Nsé Obiang was arrested along with about 275 supporters in an operation that killed at least four civilians, according to authorities.

Likewise, according to Transparency International (TI), Equatorial Guinea is considered one of the most corrupt countries in the world.

“Obiang and the criminal mafia are not interested in free and fair elections in Equatorial Guinea. We are talking about one of the most kleptomaniacal governments in the universe. Continuing to steal while staying in power is the primary goal of that government.” Tutu Alicante of Equatorial Guinea, director of the human rights NGO EG Justice, told EFE.

legal issues

Teodoro Nguema Obiang, vice president of the country known as “Teodorín” and famous for his work. luxury lifegot involved Judicial proceedings in countries such as France, the United States or Switzerland for corruption cases

These judicial issues do not seem to prevent Nguema Obiang, who is also responsible for the defense and security of the State, from appearing as a possible successor to his father in the future.