Michel Stéphane Bonda, former Minister Delegate for Waters and Forests only a few weeks ago, was elected Friday, February 10 president of the Gabonese Elections Center (CGE), the institution responsible for organizing the elections in Gabon. Its task is immense because the country is organizing three elections this year: a presidential election, legislative elections and local elections. And barely elected, Michel Stephane Bonda is challenged by the opposition.
With our correspondent in Libreville, Yves Laurent Goma
Michel Stéphane Bonda, 50, doctor of philosophy, obtained eight votes out of ten voters. The college which elected him was made up of five representatives of the opposition and five of the majority. ” Democracy won “, briefly declared this graduate of the University of Poitiers in France, and who was also a journalist.
His election is however contested by the three opponents who boycotted this election and seized the Constitutional Court. Jean-Valentin Leyama believes that the new president is illegal and illegitimate: “ Three Commissioners challenged their designation by the Minister of the Interior before the Constitutional Court. Under Article 85 of the Constitution, all proceedings were to be suspended until the court ruled. »
Within the opposition, Michel Stéphane Bonda is also accused of being a member of the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG), the party in power. He hasn’t reacted yet. For his part, Emmanuel Nze Békalé, dean of the members of the Constitutional Court, regretted the duplicity of the political actors. According to him, article 85 of the cited Constitution is the subject of a false interpretation.