In Gabon, reactions are multiplying after the draft constitution was leaked on social networks. Supporters of the military in power announce that they will campaign for the ” oui ” in view of the constitutional referendum planned before the end of the year. The text proposes in particular a 7-year mandate renewable once and sets the age of presidential candidates between 35 and 70 years. Many others believe that this project, tailor-made for General Oligui Nguéma, seeks to establish a dictatorship at the head of the State, and call for a vote ” non ».
With our correspondent in Libreville, Yves-Laurent Goma
Supporters of the ruling military quickly mobilized to campaign for the ” oui ” Among them, Gervais Oniane, former candidate for the 2023 presidential election and president of the Union for the Republic (UPR), sees in this project a response to the expectations of the Gabonese. ” I support the fact that the Gabon can finally have a presidential regime and I support that it should now be established that, to be president of the Gabonese Republic, one must necessarily be Gabonese by father and mother. I ask all Gabonese to vote yes. »
The project proposes the abolition of the post of Prime Minister. The current Prime Minister Emmanuel Edou Eyene, also president of the Patriotic Alliance, a party founded by Raymond Ndong Sima, could also call for a vote in favour of the project: ” What is important for the Gabonese is not only the position of Prime Minister. We will call for a vote for a project that would have been approved by the Gabonese Parliament. »
- RFI
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