Rédaction Africa Links 24 with Alix-Ida Mussavu
Published on 2024-03-03 17:53:29
REGARD. It is under this banner that Mathias Otounga Ossibadjouo will now express himself in politics. Resigning from the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG), he presented this political project to his small community in Okondja over the weekend. Does he have ambitions to seize power? He should reveal more in the near future.
“In such circumstances, one must know how to support another hope while developing a new vision that cannot accommodate the limits that have eroded so many hopes and esteem,” said Mathias Otounga Ossibadjouo in early February when he slammed the door on the former ruling party of which he was a member. The former leader of the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG), who claimed to exercise “informed opportunism” in this transition period, was likely setting the tone for his new political approach. This past weekend in Okondja, his hometown in the province of Haut-Ogooué, he gathered his small community to share his political project: REGARD. A suggestive acronym or name? In any case, this acronym has not yet been explained.
“Mathias Otounga Ossibadjouo invited us to his home to present his vision and the new political party he has just created,” said a participant at the meeting. As a political party is by nature a mechanism for seizing power, does the native of Sebe-bricolo have aspirations to take power? What will his political offering be? Contacted by GabonReview, Mathias Otounga Ossibadjouo promised to provide clear answers during an upcoming press conference. However, this Regard has already sparked some comments within his community. “We are in a period of transition. After the transition period, we will see what we can do,” commented another, for whom “the idea is not bad.”
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