The Government of Gabon Freed the Deposed President and Appointed a New Prime Minister Gabon's ousted president Ali Bongo Ondimba, who ...
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The Government of Gabon Freed the Deposed President and Appointed a New Prime Minister
Gabon's ousted president Ali Bongo Ondimba, who has been under house arrest since his ouster last week, has been released and will be able to travel abroad for medical treatment, according to the country's military government. appoint a new prime minister.
LIBREVILLE, GABON (AP) —
Economist, Raymond Ndong Sima, was appointed as the "interim prime minister," according to a statement by the spokesman of the transition committee, Col. Ulrich Manfoumbi read it on national television.
Sima, 68 years old, was the prime minister under the ousted president from 2012 to 2014, and it is believed that he will aspire to participate in the election. However, he did not become a candidate of the opposition party in the presidential election held in the Central African country.
Colonel Manfoumbi also said on Wednesday that the ousted president "has been given the freedom to consider his health condition." "He can, if he wants, go abroad to check his health," he said.
Ondimba's health is still unknown. He suffered a stroke at the end of 2018 which prevented him from working for several months. Local television station Gabon24 broadcast a meeting on Wednesday evening between Ondimba and Abdou Barry, head of the United Nations Office for Central Africa.
"I found him in good health," Barry said of his meeting with the ousted president.
The 64-year-old Ondimba was overthrown on the 30th of August at the same time that there are ongoing coups in some parts of Africa. Shortly after he was declared the winner of the controversial election that will extend his family's 55-year reign. He succeeded his father Omar Bongo in 2009.
Meanwhile, the newly sworn-in military leader in Gabon, General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, met with regional and local governments this week, where he promised to provide better infrastructure and transfer power. in peace for the citizens of the oil-rich country of Central Africa.
Concerns continue to be expressed about the way the military took power and the delay in the return of democracy in parts of Africa where the military promised to hand over power for a long time. The new president of the military regime in Gabon also promised to return the power to the people of the country by organizing fair and just elections but he did not give a deadline for voting.