Correct Answer : Gabon
Voters in Gabon overwhelmingly approved a new constitution, authorities said Sunday (17th Nov 2024), more than one year after mutinous soldiers overthrew the country’s longtime president and seized power in the oil-rich Central African nation.
Over 91% of voters approved the new constitution in a referendum held on Saturday (16th Nov 2024), Gabon’s Interior Minister Hermann Immongault said in a statement read on state television. Turnout was an estimated 53.5%, he added.
The final results will be announced by the Constitutional Court, the interior minister said.
The draft constitution, which proposes sweeping changes that could prevent dynastic rule and transfer of power, needed more than 50% of the votes cast to be adopted.
In 2023, soldiers toppled President Ali Bongo Ondimba and put him under house arrest, accusing him of irresponsible governance and massive embezzlement that risked leading the country into chaos. The junta released Ondimba a week later on humanitarian grounds, allowing him travel abroad for medical treatment..
Source : AP News
