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He called for a national reconciliation, which had drawn mixed responses from the general public. Some doubted his integrity and felt that his admissions were calculated. Some people hold the view that he should be pardoned since he is admitting his mistakes in public irrespective of his intentions.
Ali Bongo Ondimba, the former President who was deposed in a coup in August last year has in an open letter to the Gabonese public announced his decision to quit politics and called for the liberation of his wife, and his son Sylvia and Nourredin Bongo and the end of their torture. Both have been detained and indicted following the fall of the Bongo dynasty.
Ali Bongo said that they were imprisoned for crimes for which their guilt has yet to be established and have become scapegoats of a situation that goes beyond their being. In a letter circulated in the media recently, Bongo admits inadequacies on the social and institutional level during his terms and owned up that he alone was responsible for the omissions and commissions.
He called for a national reconciliation, which had drawn mixed responses from the general public. Some doubted his integrity and felt that his admissions were calculated. Some people hold the view that he should be pardoned since he is admitting his mistakes in public irrespective of his intentions.
Most Gabonese question the former president’s sincerity and intentions. They ask: why is he only interested in the fate of his jailed wife and son; What about members of the group known as the Young Team who gravitated around Slvia and are also in jail?
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Noureddin Bongo Valentin has already been charged with corruption and embezzling public funds with several former cabinet members and two ex-ministers. No charge is held against former president Bongo.
