Created after Ali Bongo’s election victory was challenged in 2009, the opposition party will hold its congress next weekend.
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Considered the first force in the Gabonese opposition, the party was weakened by a four-year ban, decided from 2011 to 2015 by the government because its then executive secretary, André Mba Obame, had self-appointed.
proclaimed the President of the Republic. The party, which has 1 deputy and 150 local elected representatives, is preparing for the next presidential election in 2023 and its congress will mix with the political landscape in Gabon.
An event and a great effort for this congress. The incident is the political pension of the party’s president, Zacharie Myboto. In office since the creation of the National Union in 2009, he cannot serve more than two terms. The 82-year-old says that it is a good opportunity to go out the door.
That’s why a baobab is leaving the political scene next Sunday. Zacharie Myboto entered politics at the age of 26 in 1964 after the coup against Leon Mba. He was the gray appearance of the Gabonese Democratic Party Omar Bongo. He remained in government for two decades before slamming the door in 2004 to join the opposition, of which he is one of the leaders.
No declared candidate
The contribution of this National Union Congress, it is thus the choice of the successor to the old leader. No candidate has been declared so far, but behind the scenes there are many applicants. The future party president will play an important role in the 2023 presidential election.
