Military takes over Gabon, dissolves major state institutions
A group of Gabon military officials identified as
the Committee of Transition and the Restoration of Institutions say they have
seized power in the Central African nation.
They have dissolved the government, the senate, the
national assembly, the constitutional court and the election body and vowed to
close borders.
The takeover comes after the electoral body announced that
President Ali Bongo Ondimba had won a third term on Wednesday with 64.25 per
cent of the vote.
The Military officers appeared on national television
channel Gabon 24, saying they had taken power and were representing security
and defence forces.
The officials told the public election results were
cancelled, all borders were closed until further notice and state institutions
were dissolved.
Their statement read, “Today, the country is going
through a serious institutional, political, economic and social crisis,"
the officer said.
"In the name of the Gabonese people … we have
decided to defend the peace by putting an end to the current
regime."
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