A dozen Gabonese soldiers appeared on television Wednesday announcing they were 'putting an end to the current regime' and the cancellation of an election that, according to official results, President Ali Bongo Ondimba won.
LIBREVILLE - A group of Gabonese military officers appeared on television Wednesday announcing they were "putting an end to the current regime" and cancelling an election that, according to official results, President Ali Bongo Ondimba won.While announcing the cancellation of the vote results one of the officers said "all the institutions of the republic" had been dissolved.
It came moments after the national election authority said Bongo had won a third term in Saturday's election with 64.27 percent of the vote."Today, the country is going through a serious institutional, political, economic and social crisis," the officer said on TV channel Gabon 24. "We have decided to defend peace by putting an end to the current regime," the officer said, adding that he was speaking on behalf of the "Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions"."To this end, the general elections of 26 August 2023 and the truncated results are cancelled," he added.
Before polls closed on Saturday, Ondo Ossa had accused Bongo of "fraud" while claiming he was the rightful winner.
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