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There are growing calls for Gabon’s transitional President Brice Oligui Nguema to run for office, according to some media reports He has been in power for the last 11 months to be precise since last September, after ousting President Ali Bongo whose family had ruled the country for more than five decades.
There are growing calls for Gabon’s transitional President Brice Oligui Nguema to run for office, according to some media reports He has been in power for the last 11 months to be precise since last September, after ousting President Ali Bongo whose family had ruled the country for more than five decades.
There are reports that Deputy Prime Minister, Alexandre Barro Chambrier, would not be a candidate for the coming election. He said he and his Rally for the Homeland and Modernity (RPM) party would support the president if he stood in the presidential elections scheduled for August 2025.
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The transition charter governing Gabon authorized Oligui Nguema to stand as a candidate but not the other leaders. The president’s actions on the ground suggest he intends to contest but has not yet declared himself as a candidate. Political analysts say that the proxy voices supporting his to candidature is a clear indication that the junta leader is an aspirant for the top post. It may be recalled that the coup in Gambia did not elicit widespread outcry as those happened in Sahel countries.
