Gabon: end of the “Bongo kingdom”
After the announcement of the results of the presidential election of August 26, proclaiming Ali Bongo the winner, soldiers took command announcing his dismissal and the establishment of a committee for the transition and tranquility of institutions while denouncing electoral disorder . Les militaires Gabonais annoncent la prise du pouvoir. Source: AFP/Gabon Among these soldiers, there are members of the Republican Guard, an elite unit and presidential guard. Ali Bongo will therefore not have benefited from his own succession. Came to power in 2009, upon the death of his father after 40 years of reign. Ali Bongo was running for a third term, reduced from 7 to 5 years, in Saturday's elections which brought together three ballots, presidential, legislative and municipal. The opposition candidate “Albert Ondo Ossa” had denounced “fraud orchestrated by the PDG “ruling party” about two hours before the polls closed on Saturday, and the latter was already announcing himself victorious. ...