The Transitional President of Gabon, General Brice Nguema has tasked the country’s interim prime minister, Raymond Sima to propose a cabinet that would include figures from across the political spectrum across the country.
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He gave this charge when he hosted Sima at the Presidential Palace in Libreville shortly after announcing the appointment.
Under Nguema and Sima, the country intends to draw up a new constitution, drafted with representatives from all the key groups, which they say would be more respectful of democracy and human rights and submitted to a referendum.
Sima, a 68-year-old Paris-educated economist, served as prime minister under Bongo from 2012 to 2014 before becoming a critic and competing against him in the 2016 and 2023 presidential campaigns.
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