LIBREVILLE: Pressure mounted on coup leaders in Gabon to hand back power to a civilian government on Friday (Sep 1), two days after they overthrew President Ali Bongo and announced their own
Military officers seized power on Wednesday, minutes after an announcement that Bongo had secured a third term in an election.
Gabon's main opposition group, Alternance 2023, which says it is the rightful winner of Saturday's election, urged the international community on Friday to encourage the junta to hand power back to civilians. For years the Bongo family occupied a luxurious palace overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. They own expensive cars and properties in France and the United States, often paid for in cash, according to a 2020 investigation by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project , a global network of investigative journalists.
Lawyers for Bongo's wife said on Friday that Bongo Valentin was incarcerated in an undisclosed location, and they were concerned about his safety. It is unclear what impact the pressure will have. Efforts to reverse coups in other countries have failed in recent years. Alternance 2023 has said it wants a full vote count from Saturday's election, which it said would show Ondo Ossa had won. Gabon's election commission said after the election that Bongo had been re-elected with 64 per cent of the vote, while Ondo Ossa secured almost 31 per cent. Ballot counting was done without independent observers amid an internet blackout.
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