General, the new interim head of the coup junta in Gabon Brice Oligui NguemaI promisedForms to further democratize the country’s institutionsAfter meeting with political parties and civil society leaders in the country.
“Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions (CTRI, military junta) all political party leaders, join the transition and build strong institutions It responds to the wishes of the Gabonese people,” Oligui Nguema said in a speech broadcast on state television late this Friday.
“The dissolution of institutions is temporary. It is a measure aimed at rearranging them and making them more democratic.“, added.
yet still You did not specify how long the transition process will take.He assured that this would be agreed upon jointly with the country’s political parties, which were “free to continue their activities” despite the coup.
In any case, this transition will end with the holding of “free” and “credible” electionssettled down.
Strongman of the Gabon military junta, since his appointment met with civil society leaders, representatives of political parties in Gabon, and a group of nearly two hundred business peopleHe warned himself of the necessity of committing to the “development of the country”.
Coup leaders took power this Wednesday, minutes after the announcement by election officials in Gabon. The victory of ousted president Ali BongoIn the controversial elections on 26 July.
The army – like the opposition – then assured: elections were not transparent, reliable and inclusiveand accused the Manager of managing “irresponsibly and unpredictably” and thus disrupting “social cohesion”.
Moreover, They placed Bongo under house arrest for “high treason against government institutions” and “massive embezzlement of public funds”among other crimes.
Bongo’s family became president after his father’s deathOmar Bongo has been in power since 1967 – in 2009.
Despite the coup being condemned by the African Union, the Economic Community of Central African States (ECACS), the United Nations, and the European Union, among others, Oligui Nguema, commander of the Republican Guard, an elite unit of the country’s Armed Forces, and cousin of the overthrown president, as head of the transitional period next Monday. will swear.
The coup in Gabon, one of the oil powers of sub-Saharan Africa, was the second in Africa in just over a month.After the army took power in Niger on 26 July.
Gabon thus joined the list of countries that have carried out successful coups in the last three years, including Niger as well as Mali (August 2020 and May 2021), Guinea-Conakry (September 2021), Sudan (October 2021) and Burkina. Faso (January and September 2022).