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.
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.
