Evolutions in Gabon: after the coup, the new elections of the military government

Evolutions in Gabon: after the coup, the new elections of the military government

Evolutions in Gabon after the coup: the military junta appoints a leader for the transitional military government.

“Without any violence or bloodshed, the Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions (CTRI) overthrew a regime that denied democracy for years. Now we want to establish more democratic institutions, free political prisoners and organize free elections”, Nguema declared after taking power.
In recent days, after removing the president on August 30, Gabon's transitional military government appointed former opposition leader Raymond Ndong Sima as prime minister.

From 2012 to 2014, Ndong Sima, worked as prime minister of Ali Bongo, after some accusations regarding actions of the government and clashes with the president in 2016 and 2023, he distanced himself from the political scene.
His appointment was decided with a decree by General Brice Oligui Nguema, after promising economic reforms, free and fair elections, without specifying a date/period of implementation.
Il Bongo government it had created widespread discontent because it had done little to share Gabon's wealth with its citizens.
Libreville supported and still supports the coup, the military government is working to consolidate power, an example of this is the swearing-in of the new interim president.
The military government said that Ali Bongo has now been released and can go abroad if he wishes.
“We can say that a few hours before the military coup, there was an institutional coup in a dictatorship that had lasted for over 50 years” said Josep Borrell, after a meeting Bola Tinubu, the president of the West African Economic Community (Cedeao).
“The current situation still remains confusing. We are satisfied with the fall of the Bongo clan, but we don't want our country to end up like Guinea Conakry, where with Doumbouya the democratic transition has become a mirage" Bernard Christian Rekoula, a civil society representative in exile, told AFP.