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The text of Gabon’s new Constitution, adopted by a large majority by referendum last November, was officially promulgated Thursday by the transitional authorities.
The president of the transition, General Brice Oligui Nguema, who chaired the signing ceremony of the promulgation decree, declared that the new Constitution will come into force after the 2025 presidential election.
He indicated that the fundamental law, which leads the Gabonese people into the 5th Republic, is a body of rules which lays down the bases and foundations of the relations of Gabonese society.
The Constitutional Court in Gabon definitively validated on November 29 the adoption of the new Constitution approved in mid-November, by a majority of 91.64% of the votes.
The adoption of the new Constitution was followed by the opening of consultations for a revision of the electoral code, with a view to the presidential, legislative and local elections, scheduled for no later than August 2025 to close the transition period.
