And military group announced this Wednesday that it was putting an “end to the current regime” in Gabonwhere the official results of the presidential elections on Saturday had just given the president a new victory Ali Bongoin power for 14 years.
Right after the electoral authority, the Gabonese Election Centerofficially announced Bongo’s victory in the elections with 64.27% of the votes, twelve soldiers appeared on television, on the Gabon 24 channel, whose headquarters are located in the presidency itself.
In their statement, the military announced the annulment of the elections on Saturday and the dissolution of “all the institutions” of this country in the center-west of Africa.
After warning that a “continuous deterioration of social cohesion” threatens to “bring the country into chaos”, the military indicated that they have “decided to defend peace by putting an end to the current regime”.
“To this effect, the elections of August 26 are annulled and the results manipulated,” announced one of the soldiers who spoke on behalf of the group.