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Published on 2024-02-22 22:27:39
Gabon plans a budget of between 3 and 5 billion CFA francs to organize the inclusive national dialogue expected in April as a crucial step in the ongoing transition in the country since August 30th.
The announcement was made on Radio France Internationale (RFI) by the Gabonese Minister of Institutional Reform, Murielle Minkoué Mintsa.
“Any consultation of this nature has a cost. We will also ensure that it is not exorbitant because we also have other priorities, particularly in infrastructure,” explained the Minister, adding that the meeting could last a month and will bring together Gabonese people from the interior of the country as well as the diaspora.
During this meeting, Gabonese people will discuss reforms of all the country’s institutions inherited from the Bongo family regime, which ruled the country without sharing power for over half a century between 1967 and 2023.
The meeting will also lay the groundwork for a new constitution that will be adopted by referendum.
During this dialogue, a new electoral map will be proposed to determine the number of deputies and senators who will sit in the two chambers of parliament (National Assembly and Senate). The electoral law will also be revised.
According to a timetable published by the military in power, the ongoing transition will end in August 2025 with free, transparent, and credible elections.
The transition began on August 30, 2023, following the military coup that ended Ali Bongo Ondimba’s regime. It is led by General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguéma, former head of the republican guard.
Antoine Relaxe and Xinhua
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