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Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has taken the lead in the presidential election, as per the provisional results posted by the Interior Minister
Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has taken the lead in the presidential election, as per the provisional results posted by the Interior Minister. The incumbent, if he wins, which is a foregone conclusion, will break his own record of being in the post for 43 years as the longest-serving head of state, barring monarchical heads. It will also be his continuous sixth term in office.
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has so far obtained 44.2 % of the votes cast, while counting was over in nearly half of the country’s polling stations. The vote share of his opponents is dismal. Andrés Esono Ondo of the CPDS party and former ally Buenaventura Monsuy Asumu of the PCSD each got 1.34% and 0.35% of the vote respectively. The final results will be out only on 26 November only.
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As reported by www.trendsnafrica.com, Obiang’s ruling Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea (PDGE) holds 99 of the 100 seats in the outgoing National Assembly; while he sat pretty in all 55 seats of the Senate, which are also up for re-election. Municipal elections were also held concurrently, wherein his party is reported to be taking the lead. Only a small number of the citizens -400,000- were registered to vote in the country of about 1.5 million. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo aged 80 came to power in a coup in 1979 and is continuing as the president since then.
