By RFPosted on 07-12-2019Modified on 07-12-2019 at 11:55
In Gabon, a few days after a reshuffle of the government that saw Brice Lacruche Alihanga leaving the team and being arrested, Noureddin Bongo Valentin, the son of President Ali Bongo Ondimba, was appointed to the post of general coordinator of presidential affairs.
In Gabon, Noureddin Bongo Valentin, the son of President Ali Bongo Ondimba, was appointed on the evening of 5 December as general coordinator of presidential affairs. In the Gabonese opposition, some denounce this appointment and evoke a " monarchization " of the country, as for example the party Rally for the Fatherland and Modernity (RPM).
Its president Alexandre Barro Chambrier says he was not surprised. " Some time ago, a part of Noureddin Bongo Valentin's family shares this desire to impose, whatever the cost, this young gentleman, who finds himself there, today , he believes. The one who was supposed to open the way that exploded - if I may say - along the way, today, we throw him with all his gang in prison , in a context of expeditious procedure and we take out the card that should guarantee the Preserving power for power We oppose this monarchization. Gabon is not the property of a family and will not let itself be made by this new imposture . "
This stubborn desire for monarchical or family devolution of power to #Gabon in favor of Nourredine Bongo Valentin, a novice with no experience or proven ability is a provocation too much ...
A. Barro Chambrier (@ABChambrier) December 6, 2019Future foal for 2023 ?
On social networks, Gabonese also speak of a desire for the Bongo family to create a monarchy in Gabon. Fake, retorts the new spokesman of the Presidency of the Republic, Jessye Ella Ekogha, who returned in a press conference on the reasons that motivated the appointment of Noureddin Bongo Valentin. He recalled that Ali Bongo Ondimba's son had " all the necessary skills ".
He is a graduate of prestigious institutions, the Eton College, the Institute of Oriental and African Studies and the London School of Economics, was deputy general manager of Olam Gabon and also has " solid professional experience and a perfect knowledge of public affairs and the functioning of the state, "adds Jessye Ella Ekogha. In addition, Noureddin Bongo Valentin " has the absolute confidence of the Head of State, who is free to choose the people with whom he wishes to work ".
As for the desire to present a colt for 2023 or for future presidential elections, " we must stay on the facts, " says Jessye Ella Ekogha. Noureddin Bongo Valentin " is there to accompany the Head of State in his policy, will put his competence in favor of the policy of the Head of State and for the benefit of the people ".
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