Several major opposition parties seem to be responding favorably to the call for unity launched by the president of the Union Nationale party on 27 November. Paulette Missambo invites the opposition to the rally in order to win the presidential election of 2023.
A common strategy for the presidential election scheduled for next summer in Gabonwas Paulette Missambo’s call for opposition last Sunday, November 27th. President of the Union Nationale party (UN) already ensures that several parties want to rally. For her, no movement can win alone against President Bongo. It therefore proposes an unconditional dialogue to adopt objectives, a method and why not common programs.
Alexandre Barro-Chabrier considers himself ” phase “. For the president of the Rassemblement pour la patrie et la modernité (RPM), it is necessary “ a healthy, objective alliance, because power counts on our divisions “. Alexandre Barro-Chamberier wants a collective project that takes into account governance and a break with the past and a union that extends to civil society. And to imagine, in the end, the possibility of a single candidate from the first round of the presidential election.
The ruling party does not care
On the side of the party The Democrats, the executive office must meet to make a decision. Its secretary general agrees in principle. But Paulin Obiang Ndong asks for guarantees. First operate a sort, because some have recently come to power before leaving. ” We risk entryism. The infiltrators play the game of the government he says. Then it will take define the criteria for applications, identify profiles with a chance of winning, with a pooling of resources to cover the entire territory “.
The ruling party is not worried. David Ella Mintsa believes it will be a ” more platform “. For the spokesperson for the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG), the opponents are ” unable to get along, have no common ideology, no filiation between young and old “. For him, this future alliance is therefore not a credible alternative.
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