Result of first post-coup poll to be known soon


Paul Njie

BBC Information, Libreville

EPA A woman wearing dressed in a bright pink dress prepares to cast her vote during the presidential election. She is looking though a list that an electoral official is showing her.EPA

Turnout used to be prime at some polling stations within the capital, Libreville

The government in Gabon have stated that provisional effects from Saturday’s presidential election – the primary because the 2023 coup that ousted Ali Bongo from energy – can be recognized after on Sunday.

The coup mastermind Gen Brice Oligui Nguema modified the charter to permit him to run for the presidency.

Forward of the election, critics argued the charter and electoral code had been designed to offer the army guy a relaxed pathway to the govern activity.

The August 2023 coup introduced an finish to the guideline by way of the Bongo dynasty, which have been in energy for greater than 5 many years.

Some opposition heavyweights who may have significantly challenged Oligui Nguema on the polls had been excluded from the race.

8 hopefuls are within the operating to turn into president, with just one lady within the race – Gninga Chaning Zenaba.

Alternative presidential challengers come with former High Minister Alain Claude Bilie-by-Nze, who served beneath the Bongo regime, in addition to two stalwarts of the previous ruling PDG birthday party, Stéphane Germain Iloko and Alain Simplice Boungouères.

Whoever wins the election could have the load of ridding the rustic of corruption, malicious governance, and alternative ills which characterized the Bongos’ hour in energy.

Prove on Saturday in some polling stations within the capital, Libreville, appeared prime with lengthy queues of citizens desperate to solid their ballots.

The election used to be in large part non violent, with some witnesses and applicants praising the behavior of the polls.

Previous within the while, Oligui Nguema stated the elections, which he described as clear, would usher the rustic and its family right into a pristine republic.

Alternatively, Bilie-by-Nze alleged that there have been some issues at polling stations which might probably supremacy to fraud.

The tiny oil- and timber-rich central African folk is house to simply 2.5 million family. In spite of its sources, about 35% of the community nonetheless are living under the poverty sequence of $2 (£1.50) a while.

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