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Sunday, September 11, 2016
Gabon’s opposition candidate in its latest election, Jean Ping, has warned that if a recount of the votes in the presidential election does not take place the country will face “profound and sustained instability”.
Ping, who reportedly lost by 6,000 votes, has applied to Gabon’s Constitutional Court to authorize a recount in a province where President Ali Bongo won 95% of the votes on a 99.9% turnout.
“I strongly fear that a new false step by the Constitutional Court would be the cause of profound and sustained instability in Gabon,” Ping told a news conference where he also called for an international inquiry into the killing of several of his supporters during post-election riots.
“If … the Gabonese people don’t accept the constitutional court’s decision (if it rules against a recount), the people will assume their responsibility, and I will stand by their side,” Ping said, hinting at a return to street protests.
Ping says between 50 and 100 people were killed in the riots after the election results were announced, much more than the government’s death toll of six.
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