A dozen of Gabonese soldiers appeared on television on Wednesday announcing they were “putting an end to the current regime” and the cancellation of an election that, according to official results, President Ali Bongo Ondimba won.
The Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC) Commission has condemned in strongest terms, the military forceful takeover of constitutional power in Gabon, Central Africa as a way of resolving political conflicts and gaining access to power.
A dozen of Gabonese soldiers appeared on television on Wednesday announcing they were “putting an end to the current regime” and the cancellation of an election that, according to official results, President Ali Bongo Ondimba won.
While announcing the cancellation of the results one of the soldiers said “all the institutions of the republic” had been dissolved.
Reacting to the bloodless coup in the Francophone Central African country, the commission of the Central African bloc in a statement said that it is monitoring the situation in the country with deep concern.
The commission stated that it would continue to closely monitor the situation in the country pending the imminent convening of an extraordinary session of the Conference of Heads of State and Government, in Central African Peace and Security Council (COPAX) format with a view to an appropriate review of the political and security situation in the Gabonese Republic and the determination of the way forward.
The statement read, “The Commission of the Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC) is following with deep concern the announcement made by the Defence and security forces on August 30, 2023, regarding their seizure of power.
“By complying with the fundamental principles underlying the EAEC Treaty, the ECCAS Commission strongly condemns the use of force as a way of resolving political conflicts and gaining access to power and calls on the political genius of the Gabonese People so that they can, in a republican dialogue, take all the arrangements for a rapid return to constitutional order.
“The CEEAC Commission continues to closely monitor the situation in the country pending the imminent convening of an extraordinary session of the Conference of Heads of State and Government, in Central African Peace and Security Council (COPAX) format, with a view to an appropriate review of the political and security situation in the Gabonese Republic and the determination of the way forward.”