(Reuters) – Voters in Gabon headed to the surveys on Saturday to pick a brand-new constitution that would certainly lead the way to autonomous regulation after a successful stroke ousted the Bongo empire in 2015.
The brand-new constitution would certainly present two-term restrictions on the presidency, get rid of the setting of head of state and acknowledge French as Gabon’s functioning language. The governmental term would certainly be evaluated 7 years.
General Brice Oligui Nguema, the acting head of state that took power in a successful stroke in 2015, is prompting citizens to accept the brand-new constitution, which he states symbolizes the junta’s dedication to charting a brand-new program for Gabon.
Military policemans fell the federal government in August in 2015. The ousted head of state, Ali Bongo, had actually ruled considering that 2009. His papa, Omar, had actually ruled considering that 1967.
It was the 8th successful stroke in West and Central Africa considering that 2020. Western powers and local bodies have actually pressed armed forces leaders to hold political elections within practical durations.
(Reporting by Gerauds Wilfried Obangome and Jessica Donati)
