In Gabon, the Minister of the Interior has announced that voter registration operations for the next elections, which are supposed to end on June 8, have been extended until June 11. In the previous days, latecomers jostled in front of registration centers to the point of causing tension there. Report in Libreville.
With our correspondent in Libreville, Yves-Laurent Goma
In Gabon, latecomers jostle for voter registration centers. Started on May 9, the operations were to end on June 8, 2023. But given the very large influx of Gabonese who waited until the last moment to register, the Minister of the Interior finally decided to postpone the closing of enrollments three days, i.e. until June 11.
” There’s a little crazy, there’s a little mess »
In the town hall of the 3rd arrondissement of Libreville, the courtyard, the corridors and the offices had been stormed. Jostling and spats, young people standing for long hours have their nerves on edge. ” We’ve been here 8 o’clock, and now it’s 12 o’clockannoyed one of them. We are not moving forward, the procedure is very slow, we do not know what to do “. Another adds: We’ve been there in a row since… Nothing, we’re not received, we’re there like kids. »
Same atmosphere at the town hall of the 5th arrondissement. ” There are fights, discussions, so there is a bit of madness, there is a bit of disorder “says a man. ” If we can add a few days, so that everyone can enroll, because there, it’s too stressful “, pleads a woman.
” We ask Gabonese to come and register »
At the end of the afternoon, the news fell: the Minister of the Interior, Lambert-Noël Matha, added three additional days. Too little, deplores François Ndong Obiang, president of the Alternance 2023 platform. This is insufficient in view of the mass of the population who want to enlisthe assures. We ask Gabonese to come and register in order to participate in the revolution of political change that will take place in our country. “.
The enthusiasm is proof of the vitality of democracy, maintains Florentin Moussavou, spokesperson for the presidential majority. ” Naturally, these three days will surely make it possible to refine, to push for better participation, so that this operation will be a success “, he says.
Latecomers have until Sunday at 6 p.m. to register.
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