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A constitutional referendum was held and approved in Gabon on 16 November 2024. [1] The vote was on a new constitution; [2] it proposed, among other things, a 7-year presidential term, renewable once consecutively. [3] The referendum may lead to the return to a civilian regime which the military junta promised after the coup d'état in 2023. [4]
In August 2023, a general election was held where incumbent president Ali Bongo won a third term with 64% of the votes. The results were heavily controversial and disputed and four days later, the Gabonese Army and the Gabonese Republican Guard, led by Brigadier General Brice Oligui Nguema, who was a cousin of Bongo, led a coup d'état which ousted and arrested Bongo and his government ...
In the 1958 referendum on establishing the French Community, 93% of voters voted in favour; a no vote would have resulted in immediate independence. Since independence in 1960, only one referendum has been held; a constitutional referendum in 1995, which saw amendments to the constitution approved by 96.5% of voters. [8]
May 1946 French constitutional referendum in Gabon–Moyen Congo; October 1946 French constitutional referendum in Gabon–Moyen Congo; 1958 Gabonese constitutional referendum; 1995 Gabonese constitutional referendum; 2024 Gabonese constitutional referendum
The ouster of Gabon's president by mutinous soldiers appears to have been well organized and capitalized on the population's grievances against the government as an excuse to seize power, analysts ...
Gabon military claims to have taken control of country as gun fire heard ringing out in capital Libreville Gabon coup – live: Military says president Ali Bongo under house arrest after ...
In his inaugural address, he pledged to hold "free, transparent" elections but did not give an exact date as to when, and expressed surprise at international criticism of the coup. He also proposed new electoral legislation, a new penal code, a referendum on a new constitution, and the release of all political prisoners.
Senior military officers appeared on Gabon national television to announce a coup following the country's presidential election in the early hours of Wednesday, 30 August. Soldiers spoke on Gabon ...