BREAKING: Gabonese Soldiers Cancels Presidential Election Results, shutdown borders, Seize Power In a Successful Coup A dozens of Gabo...
BREAKING: Gabonese Soldiers Cancels Presidential Election
Results, shutdown borders, Seize Power In a Successful Coup
A dozens of Gabonese soldiers appeared on television on
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.
During the announcement, AFP journalists heard gunfire ring
out in the Gabonese capital, Libreville
While announcing the cancellation of the results one of the
soldiers said “all the institutions of the republic” had been dissolved.
“We have decided to defend peace by putting an end to the
current regime”, one of the soldiers said on TV channel Gabon 24, 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.
“All the institutions of the republic are dissolved: the
government, the Senate, the National Assembly and the Constitutional Court,” he
added, announcing the closure of the country’s borders “until further notice”.
Among the soldiers were members of the Republican Guard as
well as soldiers of the regular army and police officers.
The statement was also broadcast on Gabon 1 public
television.
AFP journalists heard gunfire in several districts of
Libreville during the statement.
The announcement came shortly after the national election
authority said Bongo, who has been in power for 14 years, had won a third term
in Saturday’s election with 64.27 percent of the vote.
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