LIBREVILLE, Gabon
Gabon will hold a presidential election on April 12, the council of ministers said. The military currently rules the West African country following a coup in August 2023.
“Under this decree, the
electoral college is convened on Saturday, April 12, 2025,” a government
statement, issued late Wednesday after a ministerial cabinet meeting, said.
The announcement comes after
the adoption last Sunday by Gabon's parliament of a new electoral code, which
sets out the rules and conditions for organizing elections in the country.
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The legislation, which
requires approval by the Constitutional Court, is controversial as it
authorizes military personnel to be candidates in all political elections in
the country, which was not possible in the past.
It could allow Gen. Brice
Clotaire Oligui Nguema, who led the 2023 coup that overthrew former president
Ali Bongo Ondimba, to run for his first presidential term.
Gabon's constitution, which
was adopted by referendum in November, sets the presidential term at 7 years,
renewable once.
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