The famous singer Patience Dabany, stage name of former First Lady Joséphine Bongo, filed a complaint against eight senior officials of the movement for having removed her from the CEO in early March. A sanction which according to her led to an “unlawful disturbance”. But yesterday Tuesday, before the Court of First Instance, the expected pleadings were still unable to begin
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At Gabonthe trial between Patience Dabany, the mother of the ex-president Ali Bongo and his former CEO party, has still not gotten to the heart of the matter. We expected to get to the merits of the case, but at the start of the hearing, the lawyer for the CEO’s executives announced that they were filing an appeal to nullify the procedure. “ The trial court had no choice but to refer to the Court of Appeal », indicated Me Bernard Homa Moussavou…
One of the causes of nullity would be “lis pendency”, i.e. the fact that another complaint was pending against the CEO before the Constitutional Court, and that it was necessary to await the result before proceeding before the court.
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However, during the day, the parties learned that the Constitutional Court had finally rejected this complaint, putting an end to one of the two competing procedures. “ It’s an immense joy. I will notify my client », Immediately reacted Patience Dabany’s lawyer. For Me Jean-Paul Moumbembe, the Court thus puts an end to the lis pendens. “ The opposing party beats around the bush, attempts delaying tactics. But there, his argument falls apart. His request no longer has any purpose », Reacted the lawyer.
For him in any case with his appeal, the CEO wants to save time and continue to sideline Patience Dabany, particularly until his next congress.
On the party side, we are waiting to see what the appeal will yield, adding that other exceptions have been raised.
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