In Gabon, 11 months after the coup d’état of August 30, calls for the candidacy of the President of the Transition, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, are starting to come from everywhere. The one who brought down Ali Bongo is not saying yes, but he is not refusing either. Very active on the ground, Oligui Nguema suggests that he will be a candidate in the presidential election scheduled for August 2025 to put an end to the current transition.
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With our correspondent in Libreville, Yves Laurent Goma
The transition charter which governs the Gabon allowed Brice Oligui Nguema to be a candidate, which is impossible for all the other leaders of the transition. On Saturday, it was the Deputy Prime Minister, Alexandre Barro Chambrier, who announced during a meeting that he would not be a candidate and would support Oligui Nguema if he ran.
In front of the executives and activists of his party, the Rally for the Fatherland and Modernity (RPM), gathered in a room, Alexandre Barro Chambrier delivered a clear message: ” If the president Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema is a candidate, then our party, all the forces around us, will support this candidacy and we will not present a candidate “.
The reasons for such a choice
Currently number two in the government, Alexandre Barro Chambrierpresident of the RPM explained the reasons for his choice. Our country has fallen too far behind. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguéma has demonstrated in a very short time his determination to provide the country with basic infrastructure. Not everyone can be president “, he said.
Aged 65, Alexandre Barro Chambrier was one of the main opponents of Ali Bongo, whose mismanagement of the country he criticized. He tried twice to run for president without following through with his project.
In 2016, he withdrew in favor of the opponent Jean Ping and he also supported Albert Ondo Ossa for the 2023 presidential election. In the aftermath of the August 30 coup, he refused to enter the government before giving in four months later.
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