Politics in Gabon with yesterday’s adversaries today hand in hand against the transitional authorities. Former presidential candidate Albert Ondo Ossa, former Prime Minister Alain-Claude Bilie-By-Nze, former Vice-President Pierre-Claver Maganga Moussavou and former Minister Ali Akbar Onanga Y’Obégué held a joint press conference this Wednesday January to denounce the unfulfilled commitments, according to them, of the Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions (CTRI). They demand in particular the non-participation of the military in the elections at the end of the transition.
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It is neither a new political organization ” neither ” a wedding ring » assured Ali Akbar Onanga Y’Obégué, but a “ one-off initiative to denounce unilateral actions by military authorities » which, according to the four men, “ deviate from their commitments “.
Ali Bongo’s former minister, responsible for the opening statement, listed their five common demands:
- the return of soldiers to barracks at the end of the transition, with a ban on participating in elections.
- the return to the 1991 Constitution, because they consider the one adopted in mid-November by referendum to be illegitimate.
- the overhaul of the Electoral Code, denouncing the opacity of the current process.
- the call for popular, democratic and peaceful mobilization.
- and immediate and detailed communication of the complete transition exit timeline.
Participants then answered questions for two hours.
They did not fail to scratch the transitional president: General Oligui Nguema “ cannot align 5% in an election », affirmed Albert Ondo Ossa. “ There was a winner » in August 2023, « I had the results, they exist, I have them “, said the candidate in the last election, calling for a “ burst of patriotism “.
At his side, his ex-enemy, Alain-Claude Billie-By-Nze asserted that after fifteen months, the CTRI, “ can no longer prosper on an anti-Ali or anti-CEO memorial annuity “.
“ We will continue to consult » promised the last Prime Minister of the fallen regime. “ Gabon cannot be a laboratory to test the politically correct coup d’état “, he added.
Former vice-president Pierre-Claver Maganga Moussavou believes that the head of the transition has “not no reason to triumph, because there was no glory » in the coup d’état of August 30, 2023…
A step up which comes as the draft Electoral Code will be submitted to the Transitional Parliament from Friday January 9.
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